List of snakes of South Carolina

This is a list of the known varieties of snakes in South Carolina

Nonvenomous

Image Binomial Name Name
Carphophis amoenus amoenusEastern worm snake
Scarlet snakeCemophora coccinea copeiScarlet snake
Closeup of head of Black Racer snake flicking its tongueColuber constrictorBlack racer
Northern ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus edwardsiiNorthern ringneck snake
Southern ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus punctatusSouthern ringneck snake
Pantherophis guttatusCorn snake
Pantherophis alleghaniensisCentral rat snake
Yellow rat snakePantherophis quadrivittatusEastern rat snake
Eastern mud snakeFarancia abacura abacuraEastern mud snake
Rainbow snakeFarancia erytrogramma erytrogrammaRainbow Snake
Eastern hognose snakeHeterodon platirhinosEastern hognose snake
Southern hognose snakeHeterodon simusSouthern hognose snake
Mole king snake Lampropeltis calligasterMole kingsnake
Eastern king snakeLampropeltis getula getulaEastern kingsnake
Scarlet King snakeLampropeltis elapsoidesScarlet kingsnake
Eastern milk snakeLampropeltis triangulum triangulumEastern milk snake
Eastern coachwhipMasticophis flagellum flagellumEastern coachwhip
Redbelly water snakeNerodia erythrogaster erythrogasterRedbelly water snake
Banded water snakeNerodia fasciata fasciataBanded water snake
Florida green water snakeNerodia floridanaFlorida green water snake
Midland water snakeNerodia sipedon pleuralisMidland water snake
Northern water snakeNerodia sipedon sipedonNorthern water snake
Brown water snakeNerodia taxispilotaBrown water snake
Rough green snakeOpheodrys aestivusRough green snake
Pine snakePituophis melanoleucusPine snake
Glossy crayfish snakeLiodytes rigidaGlossy crayfish snake
Queen snakeRegina septemvittataQueen snake
Pine woods snakeRhadinaea flavilataPine woods snake
Carolina Swamp SnakeSeminatrix pygaea paludisCarolina swamp snake
Brown snakeStoreria dekayiBrown snake
Redbelly snakeStoreria occipitomaculata obscuraFlorida redbelly snake
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculataNorthern redbelly snake
Southeastern Crown SnakeTantilla coronataSoutheastern crowned snake
Peninsula ribbon snakeThamnophis sauritus sackeniiPeninsula ribbon snake
Eastern Ribbon SnakeThamnophis sauritus sauritusEastern ribbon snake
Eastern Garter snakeThamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern garter snake
Rough earth snakeVirginia striatulaRough earth snake
Eastern smooth earth snakeVirginia valeriae valeriaeEastern smooth earth snake

Florida Water Snake.

Venomous

Image Binomial Name Name
CopperheadAgkistrodon contortrixEastern copperhead
CottonmouthAgkistrodon piscivorusNorthern cottonmouth
Eastern diamondbackCrotalus adamanteusEastern diamondback
Timber rattlesnakeCrotalus horridus horridusTimber rattlesnake
Eastern coral snakeMicrurus fulvius fulviusEastern coral snake
Dusky pigmy rattlesnakeSistrurus miliarius barbouriDusky pigmy rattlesnake
Carolina pigmy rattlesnakeSistrurus miliarius miliariusCarolina pigmy rattlesnake
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