List of snakes of Arizona

This is a list of the known snakes of Arizona. The Arizona State Reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi).

Snakes

+ImageScientific NameCommon NameVenomous to humansFamilyNote(s)Arizona elegansGlossy snakeNoColubridaeCrotalus atroxWestern diamondback rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus cerastesSidewinder rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus cerberusArizona black rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus lepidusRock rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus lutosusGreat Basin rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus molossusBlacktail rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus oreganus abyssusGrand Canyon rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus priceiTwin-spotted rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus pyrrhusSpeckled rattlesnakeYesViperidae Coloration varies between populations. Crotalus scutulatusMojave rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus tigrisTiger rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus viridis nuntiusHopi rattlesnakeYesViperidae Crotalus willardi willardiArizona ridge-nosed rattlesnakeYesViperidae Diadophis punctatus regalisRegal ringneck snakeNoDipsadidae This subspecies often lacks ring-neckGyalopion canumChihuahuan hook-nosed snakeNoColubridae Gyalopion quadrangulareThornscrub hook-nosed snakeNoColubridae Heterodon kennerlyiMexican hognose snakeNoDipsadidae Hypsiglena chlorophaeaDesert nightsnakeNoDipsadidae Hypsiglena janiChihuahuan nightsnakeNoDipsadidae Indotyphlops braminusBrahmini blind snakeNoTyphlopidae This is an invasive species to Arizona. Lampropeltis californiaeCalifornia kingsnakeNoColubridae Lampropeltis gentilisWestern milk snakeNoColubridae Lampropeltis knoblochiChihuahuan mountain kingsnakeNoColubridae Lampropeltis pyromelanaArizona mountain kingsnakeNoColubridae Lampropeltis splendidaDesert kingsnakeNoColubridae Lichanura orcuttiCoastal rosy boaNoBoidaeLichanura trivirgataDesert rosy boaNoBoidaeMasticophis bilineatusSonoran whipsnakeNoColubridae Masticophis flagellumCoachwhipNoColubridae Masticophis mentovariusNeotropical WhipsnakeNoColubridae Masticophis taeniatusStriped whipsnakeNoColubridae Micruroides euryxanthusSonoran coral snakeYesDipsadidae Oxybelis microphthalmusThornscrub vine snakeNoColubridae Pituophis catenifer affinisSonoran gopher snakeNoColubridae Phyllorhynchus browniSaddled leafnose snakeNoColubridae Phyllorhynchus decurtatusSpotted leafnose snakeNoColubridae Rena dulcisTexas threadsnakeNoLeptotyphlopidae Rena humilisWestern threadsnakeNoLeptotyphlopidae Rhinocheilus leconteiLong-nosed snakeNoColubridae Often only black and white.Salvadora deserticolaBig Bend patch-nosed snakeNoColubridae Salvadora grahamiaeEastern patch-nosed snakeNoColubridae Salvadora hexilepisWestern patch-nosed snakeNoColubridae Senticolis triaspisGreen rat snakeNoColubridae Sistrurus tergeminusWestern massasaugaYesViperidae Sonora annulataColorado Desert shovelnose snakeNoColubridae Often lacks red bands.Sonora cinctaBanded sand snakeNoColubridaeSonora occipitalisWestern shovelnose snakeNoColubridae Sonora palarostrisSonoran shovel-nosed snakeNoColubridae Sonora semiannulataWestern ground snakeNoColubridae Extremely variable appearance.Sonora StramineaVariable SandsnakeNoColubridae Tantilla hobartsmithiSouthwestern blackhead snakeNoColubridae Tantilla nigricepsPlains black-headed snakeNoColubridae Tantilla wilcoxiChihuahuan black-headed snakeNoColubridae Tantilla yaquiaYaqui black-headed snakeNoColubridae Trimorphodon lambdaSonoran lyre snakeNoColubridae Thamnophis cyrtopsisBlackneck garter snakeNoNatricidae Thamnophis elegansWestern terrestrial Garter snakeNoNatricidae Thamnophis equesMexican garter snakeNoNatricidae Thamnophis marcianusCheckered garter snakeNoNatricidae Thamnophis rufipunctatusNarrowhead garter snakeNoNatricidae

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