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Milk Snake

 

 

Preschool

Preschool Activities

 

 

Brown Snake

 

 

Preschool-Grade 2

Snake Mobile Craft

Snakeman Story

 

 

Ribbon Snake

 

 

All Ages

Anaconda Creature Feature

Boa Creature Feature

Emerald Tree Boa Coloring Page

Flying Snakes and Leaping Lizards

Snake Fakes

Spot the Differences

Snake Game

 

 

Kirtland's Snake

 

 

Grades K-5

Rattlesnake Story

Presidential Pets

Snake Sense Quiz

Snake Game

 

 

Rat Snake

 

 

Grades 3-5

Snake Fact Sheet

Victims of Venom

Sidewinding Snake

 

 

Indiana Snakes

NONPOISONOUS SNAKES

Common Name
Scientific Name
 Distribution

Status

 Northern and Midland Water Snake  Nerodia sipedon sipedon and  Nerodia s. pleuralis

statewide; southwest

 
 Copperbelly Water Snake  Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta

southwest, northeast

SE, FT

 Diamondback Water Snake  Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

southwestern tip

 
 Queen Snake  Regina septemvittata

central, east

 

 Kirtland’s Snake  Clonophis kirtlandii

statewide

SE

 Brown snake  Storeria dekayi

statewide

 

 Northern Redbelly Snake  Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

southwest, northern

 

 Western Earth Snake  Virginia valeriae elegans

southcentral

 

 Common garter snake  Thamnophis sirtalis

statewide

 

 Eastern Plains Garter Snake  Thamnophis radix radix

northwest

 

 Butler’s Garter Snake  Thamnophis butleri

northeast

SE

 Eastern and Northern Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis sauritus sauritus and Thamnophis s. septentrionalis 

southwest; central, northeast

 

 Western Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis proximus proximus

northwest, southwest

SC

 Racer  Coluber constrictor

statewide

 

 Rat snake  Elaphe obsoleta

statewide

 

 Western Fox Snake  Elaphe vulpina vulpina

northwest

 

 Bullsnake  Pituophis melanoleucus sayi

northwest tip,  Knox County

 

 Prairie Kingsnake  Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

west

 

 Black Kingsnake  Lampropeltis getula nigra

southwest, lower Wabash Valley

 

 Milk snake  Lampropeltis triangulum

statewide

 

 Northern Scarlet Snake  Cemophora coccinea copei

Floyd County

SE

 Rough Green Snake  Opheodrys aestivus  

south

SC

 Smooth Green Snake  Opheodrys vernalis

northwest tip

SE

 Northern Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

statewide except northwest

 

 Midwest Worm Snake  Carphophis amoenus helenae

south

 

 Southeastern Crowned Snake  Tantilla coronata

extreme southeast

SE

 Eastern Hognose Snake  Heterodon platirhinos

statewide, except east-central

 

 

 

Poisonous Snakes

 

Common Name
Scientific Name
 Distribution

Status

 Northern Copperhead  Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

south

 

 Western Cottonmouth (water moccasin)  Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Dubois, Harrison, & Crawford Counties

SE

 Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake  Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

north

SE

 Timber Rattlesnake  Crotalus horridus

south

SE

 

 

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