Thread and Slender Blind Snakes ()

Rena dulcis dulcis – Plains Threadsnake [Previously placed in , which is now Old World only] dissecta – New Threadsnake [This enters southcentral KS, esp. in the Red Hills] – no specimen

Harmless Egg Laying Snakes (, subfamily Colubrinae)

Arizona elegans elegans – Glossy Cemophora coccinea copei – Northern Scarletsnake Coluber constrictor flaviventris – Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer Coluber constrictor priapus– Southern Black Racer Lampropeltis calligaster – Prairie Kingsnake [All previously recognized ssp. have been elevated to spp.] Lampropeltis holbrooki – Speckled Kingsnake [Split from L. getula, excluding populations E of the R.] Lampropeltis gentilis – Western Milksnake [Subsumes ~7 formerly recognized L. triangulum ssp. in whole or part] Masticophis flagellum flagellum – Eastern Coachwhip [SSAR sunk this into Coluber, but see Ray et al. 2017] Masticophis flagellum testaceus – Western Coachwhip [SSAR sunk this into Coluber, but see Ray et al. 2017] Opheodrys aestivus aestivus – Northern Rough Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis – Smooth Greensnake Pantherophis emoryi – Great Plains Ratsnake [Previously placed in genus Elaphe, which is now Old World only] Pantherophis obsoletus – Western Ratsnake, Black Ratsnake [Previously Elaphe; all ssp. were elevated to spp.] Pantherophis ramspotti – Western Foxsnake [Previously placed in genus Elaphe] Pituophis catenifer sayi – Bullsnake Rhinocheilus lecontei – Long-nosed Snake Sonora semiannulata semiannulata – Variable Groundsnake Tantilla gracilis – Flat-headed Snake Tantilla nigriceps – Plains Black-headed Snake

Harmless Live Bearing Snakes (Colubridae, subfamily )

Haldea striatula – Rough Earthsnake [Previously placed in genus ] rigida sinicola – Gulf Swampsnake, Gulf Snake [Formerly placed in genus Regina]. erythrogaster – Plain-bellied Watersnake [No ssp. are currently recognized despite regional color variation] Nerodia fasciata confluens – Broad-banded Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer – Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake Nerodia sipedon sipedon – Northern Watersnake Regina grahamii – Graham's Crayfish Snake dekayi – Dekay’s Brownsnake [No ssp. are currently recognized] Storeria occipitomaculata – Red-bellied Snake [No ssp. are currently recognized despite regional color variation] Thamnophis marcianus marcianus – Marcy’s Checkered Gartersnake Thamnophis proximus proximus – Orange-striped Ribbonsnake Thamnophis radix – Plains Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis – Red-sided Gartersnake Tropidoclonion lineatum – Lined Snake Virginia valeriae elegans – Western Smooth Earthsnake

Rear-fanged Snakes (Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae)

Carphophis vermis – Western Wormsnake Diadophis punctatus arnyi – Prairie Ring-necked Snake Farancia abacura reinwardtii – Western Mudsnake, [Was the insiration for the mythical Hoop Snake] Heterodon nasicus – Plains Hog-nosed Snake [Was the nominate ssp. of the now split Western Hog-nosed Snake] Heterodon platirhinos – Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Hypsiglena jani texana – Nightsnake

Vipers and Pit Vipers (Viperidae)

Agkistrodon contortrix– Eastern Copperhead [Genetic analyses indicate should be split into several spp.] – Northern Cottonmouth [Genetic analyses indicate should be split into several spp.] Crotalus atrox – Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus – Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis – Prairie Rattlesnake Sistrurus tergeminus tergeminus – Prairie Massasauga

Plain Snakes

15 {K,O,T}, 33 {K,O,M,A,T} – 26 {K,O,T,C}

39* {K,O,M,A,T} --- 11* {K,O,M,A,T}, 17* {K,O,M,A,T}, --- (+34 )

9 {K,O,M,A,T}, 47 {K, Nebraska, Iowa}

32* {O,A,T} , 14 {K,O,M,T} ------46 {K,O,T,C}, 29 {K,O,M,A,T}

38*{O,A,T} * Potential for Spring Break Trip Striped Snakes

45* {K,O,M,A} -- 31* {K,O,M,A,T} ---- 21* {K,O,M,A,T} (+34 {K,O,M,A,T,C})

16 {K,O,M,C}, 49* {O,A,T}

13 {K,O,M,A,T}

43* {K,O,M,A,T}

25 {K,O,T} , 6 {K,O,M,T,C} – 20* {K,O,M,T}

Banded Snakes

40* {K,O,M,A,T}, 24 {K,O,T,C}, 30 {O,M,A,T} - (+34 {K,O,M,A,T,C})

Speckled Snakes

28* {K,O,M,A,T}

Variable Snakes

(+34 {K,O,M,A,T,C})

* Potential for Spring Break Trip Blotched Snakes

27 {K,O,T,C} ---- 2 {K,O,T} ------(+14 young {K,O,M,T})

36 {K,O,M,A,T} – 23 {K,O,T,C} , (+ 8 {K,O,M,T})

12 {K,O,M,A,T}, 44 {K,O,M,A,T}, 48 {NE, IA}, --- 5* {K,O,M,A,T}

10 {K,O,M,T,C}

37* {K,O,M,A,T}, 3 {K,O,M,C}

42* {O,M,A,T} ---- 4* {K,O,M,A,T}

Venomous Snakes

7* {K,O,M,A} , 35* {K,O,M,A,T}

18 {O,A,T} ------19 {K,O,M,A,T}

1 {K,O,T,C}

8 {K,O,M,T}

* Potential for Spring Break Trip