Snakes of New Mexico

Scientific Common Non-native Protected COLUBRIDAE Colubrids Arizona elegans Glossy Snake Bogertophis subocularis Trans-Pecos Rat Snake Coluber [Masticophis] bilineatus Sonoran Whipsnake Coluber constrictor Racer Coluber [Masticophis] flagellum Coachwhip Coluber [Masticophis] taeniatus Striped Whipsnake Diadophis punctatus Ringneck Gyalopion canum Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake Heterodon kennerlyi Mexican Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus Plains Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Hypsiglena chlorophaea Desert Night Snake Hypsiglena jani Chihuahuan Night Snake Lampropeltis alterna Gray-Banded Kingsnake Lampropeltis [getula] californiae California Kingsnake Lampropeltis [getula] splendida Desert Kingsnake Lampropeltis knoblochi Madrean Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum Milksnake Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Water Snake Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Rat Snake Pituophis catenifer Gopher Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei Western Long-nosed Snake Salvadora grahamiae Eastern Patchnose Snake Salvadora hexalepis Western Patchnose Snake Senticolis triaspis Green Rat Snake Sonora semiannulata Western Ground Snake Tantilla hobartsmithi Smith's Black-Headed Snake Tantilla nigriceps Plains Black-Headed Snake Tantilla wilcoxi Chihuahuan Black-Headed Snake Tantilla yaquia Yaqui Black-Headed Snake Thamnophis cyrtopsis Blackneck Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis eques Mexican Garter Snake Thamnophis marcianus Checkered Gartersnake Thamnophis proximus Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis radix Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis rufipunctatus Narrow-Headed Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Common Garter Snake Trimorphodon lambda Sonoran Lyre Snake Trimorphodon vilkinsonii Chihuahuan Lyre Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined Snake CROTALIDAE Rattlesnakes Crotalus atrox Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus cerberus Arizona Black Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus ornatus Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake Sistrurus tergeminus Western Massasauga ELAPIDAE Cobras, Coral Snakes, Seasnakes, etc. Micruroides euryxanthus Sonoran Coral Snake LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE Slender Blind Snakes Leptotyphlops dissectus New Mexico Blind Snake Leptotyphlops humilis Western Blind Snake Non-native Protected