This is a list of the known varieties of snakes in South Carolina
Nonvenomous
ImageBinomial NameNameCarphophis amoenus amoenus Eastern worm snake Cemophora coccinea copei Scarlet snakeColuber constrictor Black racerDiadophis punctatus edwardsii Northern ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus punctatus Southern ringneck snakePantherophis guttatus Corn snakePantherophis alleghaniensis Central rat snakePantherophis quadrivittatus Eastern rat snakeFarancia abacura abacura Eastern mud snakeFarancia erytrogramma erytrogramma Rainbow SnakeHeterodon platirhinos Eastern hognose snakeHeterodon simus Southern hognose snake Lampropeltis calligaster Mole kingsnakeLampropeltis getula getula Eastern kingsnakeLampropeltis elapsoides Scarlet kingsnakeLampropeltis triangulum triangulum Eastern milk snakeMasticophis flagellum flagellumEastern coachwhipNerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster Redbelly water snakeNerodia fasciata fasciata Banded water snake Nerodia floridana Florida green water snakeNerodia sipedon pleuralis Midland water snakeNerodia sipedon sipedon Northern water snakeNerodia taxispilota Brown water snakeOpheodrys aestivus Rough green snakePituophis melanoleucus Pine snakeLiodytes rigida Glossy crayfish snakeRegina septemvittata Queen snakeRhadinaea flavilata Pine woods snakeSeminatrix pygaea paludis Carolina swamp snakeStoreria dekayi Brown snakeStoreria occipitomaculata obscura Florida redbelly snakeStoreria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata Northern redbelly snake Tantilla coronata Southeastern crowned snakeThamnophis sauritus sackenii Peninsula ribbon snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Eastern ribbon snakeThamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Eastern garter snakeVirginia striatula Rough earth snakeVirginia valeriae valeriae Eastern smooth earth snake Florida Water Snake.
Venomous ImageBinomial NameNameAgkistrodon contortrix Eastern copperheadAgkistrodon piscivorus Northern cottonmouthCrotalus adamanteus Eastern diamondbackCrotalus horridus horridus Timber rattlesnakeMicrurus fulvius fulvius Eastern coral snakeSistrurus miliarius barbouri Dusky pigmy rattlesnakeSistrurus miliarius miliarius Carolina pigmy rattlesnake