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Squamates: Serpentes Flashcards

1
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Indotyphlops braminus

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Brahminy Blind Snake
Family Typhlopidae
Poorly developed eye
Small

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Aspidites ramsayi

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Woma Python
Family Pythonidae
Small, unkeeled scales
Brown and white banding
Live specimen

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Trimorphodon lambda

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Sonoran Lyre Snake
Family Colubridae
U/V mark on head

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Lampropeltis gentilis

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Western Milk Snake
Family Colubridae
Red, yellow, and black bands (black and red touch)
Patterned belly
Live specimen

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Lampropeltis triangulum

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Eastern Milk Snake
Family Colubridae
Red-brown spots on dorsum
Checkered venter
Triangle white patch on head

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Lampropeltis elapsoides

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Scarlet King Snake
Family Colubridae
White/yellow, black and red bands (red touches black)
Patterned belly

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Lampropeltis getula

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Eastern King Snake
Family Colubridae
Black with yellow/white “chains”

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Lampropeltis splendida

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Desert King Snake
Family Colubridae
Dorsum and venter black w yellow speckles
Live specimen

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Lampropeltis rhombomaculata

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Mole King Snake
Family Colubridae
Mottled venter
Brown-red blotches that fade with age

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10
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Pitiuophis catenifer

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Gopher snake
Family Colubridae
Blotches become bands near tail
Enlarged rostral scale
Live specimen

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Coluber constrictor

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Racer
Family Colubridae
Solid black dorsum and venter
White chin
Lack upturned nose and keeled scales

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Carphophis amoenus

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Worm Snake
Family Colubridae
Very small
Flat head

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Cemophora coccinae

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Scarlet snake
Family Colubridae
Plain venter
Red snout

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14
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Senticolis triaspis

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Green Rat Snake
Long and slender
White venter
Green dorsum
Divided anal plate

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Pantherophis alleghaniensis

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Eastern Rat Snake
Family colubridae
Patterned for first year
Ventral white w dark intrusion

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16
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Pantherophis guttatus

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Corn Snake
Family Colubridae
Checkered venter
Patterned head

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17
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Masticophis flagellum

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Coachwhip
Family Colubridae
Longest snake in Southeast
Black to tan gradient
Whip-like tail

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18
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Opheodrys aestivus

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Rough Green Snake
Family Colubridae
White belly
Keeled scales

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Storeria dekayi

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Brown snake
Family Colubridae
Small
Two rows of dots on dorsum and two rows on venter

20
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Storeria occipitomaculata

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Red-bellied Snake
Family Colubridae
Darker head
Light ring on neck

21
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Virginia valeriae

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Smooth Earth Snake
Family Colubridae
Venter lighter but not stark
Unkeeled scales

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Haldea striatula

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Rough Earth Snake
Family Colubridae
No spots or stripes
Keeled scales

23
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Tantilla coronata

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SE Crowned Snake
Family Colubridae
Slender
Black head and chin (oreo head)
Smooth scales

24
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Nerodia erthrogaster

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Plain Belly Water Snake
Family Natricidae
Unpatterned venter
Juveniles patterned, adults uniform

25
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Nerodia sipedon

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Northern Water Snake
Family Natricidae
Very large
alternating square blotches

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Nerodia taxispilota

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Brown Water Snake
Family Natricidae
Brown blotches on dorsum and belly

27
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Nerodia fasciata

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Banded Water Snake
Family Natricidae
Crossbands larger in middle

28
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Regina septemvittata

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Queen Snake
Family Natricidae
Head same as neck
Light lines down side

29
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Thamnophis sirtalis

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Garter Snake
Family natricidae
Three lines down body
Stripe on upper lip
Less slender than T. sauritis

30
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Thamnophis sauritis

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Ribbon Snake
Family Natricidae
Three yellow lines down back
more slender than T. sirtalis
Unpattern lip

31
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Farancia abacura

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Mud Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Flat head
Spine on tail
Red and black bands

32
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Heterodon nasicus

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Western Hognose Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Upturned rostral scale
8-27 azygous scales
2-9 loreal scales
Live specimen

33
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Heterdon kennerlyi

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Mexican Hognose Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Upturned rostral scale
2-11 azygous scales
0-6 loreal scales
Live specimen

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Heterodon simus

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Southern Hognose Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Upturned rostral scale
Large blotches on back; small blotches on sides
Underside of tail same as belly

35
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Heterodon platirhinos

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Eastern Hognose Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Under tail lighter than belly
Longest hognose

36
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Hypsiglena jani

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Chihuahuan Night Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Very small
White venter
Smooth scales

37
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Diadophis punctatus

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Ringneck Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Ring around neck
Bright venter with black spots down middle

38
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Rhadinaea flavilata

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Pine Woods Snake
Family Dipsadidae
Stripe across eye
Yellow lip

39
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Micrurus fulvius

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Eastern Coral Snake
Family Elapsidae
Red, yellow, and black bands (red and black don’t touch)
Black nose

40
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Crotalus adamanteus

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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Family Viperidae
Broad heads w two light lines
Brown diamonds on dorsum surrounded by lighter scales

41
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Crotalus horridus

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Timber Rattlesnake
Family Viperidae
Stripe down length of back
Chevron pattern w forward V

42
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Crotalus lepidus

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Rock Rattlesnake
Family Viperidae
Smaller
Tan to white
Crossbands across body and tail

43
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Sistrurus miliarius

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Pigmy rattlesnake
Family Viperidae
Smaller
Small rattle
Mid-dorsal spots

44
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Agkistrodon contortrix

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Copperhead
Family Viperidae
Triangular head
Hourglass crossbands
Solid head

45
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Agkistroson piscivorous

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Cottonmouth
Family Viperidae
Large jowls
Blotched belly
Losses pattern (turns black)

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