Order: SQUAMATA – SNAKES AND LIZARDS
Suborder: SERPENTES – SNAKES
Family: COLUBRIDAE – Colubrid Snakes (sensu lato; new classification below)
___ Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus)
___ Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus)
___ Midwestern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus helenae)
___ Scarletsnake (Cemophora coccinea)
___ Northern Scarletsnake (Cemophora coccinea copei)
___ Kirtland’s Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii)
___ North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)
___ Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)
___ Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus)
___ Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
___ Northern Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
___ Mississippi Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus stictogenys)
___ Red-bellied Mudsnake (Farancia abacura)
___ Western Mudsnake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii)
___ Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
___ Yellow-bellied Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
___ Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster)
___ Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)
___ Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides)
___ Eastern Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis nigra)
___ Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
___ Red Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila)
___ Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
___ Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
___ Eastern Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum)
___ Mississippi Green Watersnake (Nerodia cyclopion)
___ Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)
___ Yellow-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster)
___ Copper-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)
___ Southern Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata)
___ Broad-banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata confluens)
___ Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
___ Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer)
___ Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
___ Midland Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis)
___ Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
___ Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)
___ Northern Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus aestivus)
___ Red Cornsnake (Pantherophis {formerly Elaphe} guttata)
___ Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis {formerly Elaphe} spiloides)
___ Pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
___ Northern Pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)
___ Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata)
___ DeKay’s Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)
___ Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)
___ Midland Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi wrightorum)
___ Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)
___ Florida Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata obscura)
___ Northern Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
___ Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata)
___ Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus)
___ Orange-striped Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus proximus)
___ Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus)
___ Common Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
___ Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
___ Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
___ Rough Earthsnake (Virginia striatula)
___ Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae)
___ Western Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae elegans)
___ Eastern Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae valeriae)
Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Subfamily Crotalinae (Pit Vipers)
___ Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
___ Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
___ Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
___ Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
___ Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma)
___ Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
___ Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius)
*Note- There are only 34 species of snakes in Tennessee, but many may have subspecies. For example, Virginia valeriae elegans and Virginia valeriae valeriae. Virginia = Genus, valeriae = species in both and subspecies in second, elegans = subspecies in first.