Snakes of New Mexico
Scientific
Common
Non-native
Protected
COLUBRIDAE
Colubrids
Arizona elegans elegans
Kansas Glossy Snake
Arizona elegans philipi
Painted Desert Glossy Snake
Bogertophis subocularis subocularis
Northern Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
Coluber bilineatus
Sonoran Whipsnake
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
Coluber constrictor mormon
Western Yellow-bellied Racer
Coluber flagellum linneatulus
Lined Coachwhip
Coluber flagellum piceus
Red Racer
Coluber flagellum testaceus
Western Coachwhip
Coluber taeniatus taeniatus
Desert Striped Whipsnake
Diadophis punctatus arnyi
Prairie Ringneck Snake
Diadophis punctatus regalis
Regal Ringneck Snake
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 jani texana
Texas Nightsnake
Lampropeltis alterna
Gray-Banded Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula californiae
California Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula splendida
Desert Kingsnake
Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops
New Mexico Milksnake
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa
Blotched Water Snake
Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi
Western Smooth Green Snake
Pantherophis emoryi
Great Plains Rat Snake
Pituophis catenifer affinis
Sonoran Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer deserticola
Great Basin Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Bullsnake
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Western Long-nosed Snake
Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae
Mountain Patchnose Snake
Salvadora hexalepis deserticola
Big Bend Patchnose Snake
Senticolis triaspis intermedia
Northern Green Rat Snake
Sonora semiannulata semiannulata
Variable Ground Snake
Tantilla hobartsmithi
Smith's Black-Headed Snake
Tantilla nigriceps
Plains Black-Headed Snake
Tantilla yaquia
Yaqui Black-Headed Snake
Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis
Western Blackneck Garter Snake
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Wandering Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques megalops
Brown (Mexican) Garter Snake
Thamnophis marcianus marcianus
Checkered Gartersnake
Thamnophis proximus diabolicus
Arid Land Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis radix
Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis rufipunctatus
Narrow-Headed Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis
New Mexico 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 klauberi
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus lepidus
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus molossus molossus
Northern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
Mojave Rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis
Prairie Rattlesnake
Crotalus willardi obscurus
New Mexico Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii
Desert Massasauga
ELAPIDAE
Cobras, Coral Snakes, Seasnakes, etc.
Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus
Sonoran Coral Snake
LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE
Slender Blind Snakes
Leptotyphlops dissectus
New Mexico Blind Snake
Leptotyphlops humilis segregus
Trans-Pecos Blind Snake
Non-native
Protected