Wild About Illinois Snakes!
Family Natricidae
Kirtland’s snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) [state threatened]
Photo © Dr. Todd Pierson
Mississippi green watersnake (Nerodia cyclopion) [state threatened]
Photo © Kory G. Roberts
plain-bellied watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)
Photo © Kory G. Roberts
southern watersnake (Nerodia fasciata) [state endangered]
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
diamond-backed watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
Graham’s crayfish snake (Regina grahamii)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
queensnake (Regina septemvittata)
Photo © Kory G. Roberts
DeKay’s brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)
Photo © Kory G. Roberts
western ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
plains gartersnake (Thamnophis radix)
Photo © Drew R. Davis
eastern ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus) [state threatened]
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
common gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso
lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) [state threatened]
Photo © Kory G. Roberts
smooth earthsnake (Virginia valeriae)
Photo © Scott Ballard
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