Wild About Illinois Snakes! - Family Colubridae

Click on the name of the snake for more information about the species.

scarletsnake (Cemophora coccinea)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

North American racer (Coluber constrictor)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

coachwhip (Coluber flagellum) [state endangered]
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

rough greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

smooth greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis)
Photo provided by deepspacedave/pond5.com

Great Plains ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi) [state endangered]
Photo © Kory G. Roberts

western foxsnake (Pantherophis ramspotti)
Photo © Drew R. Davis

gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
Photo © Brad M. Glorioso

eastern foxsnake (Pantherophis vulpinus)
Photo © Dr. Todd Pierson