#colubrid_snake__colubrid mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
supertype: ophidian__snake__serpent limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
member of: family_Colubridae
subtype: hoop_snake any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
subtype: thunder_snake__thundersnake__worm_snake__Carphophis_amoenus small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
subtype: ringneck_snake__ring-necked_snake__ring_snake any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
subtype: hognose_snake__hognosesnake__puff_adder__sand_viper harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
subtype: leaf-nosed_snake any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
subtype: grass_snake__grasssnake__green_snake__greensnake either of two N. American chiefly insectivorous green snakes
subtype: smooth_green_snake__Opheodrys_vernalis of western and central United States
subtype: rough_green_snake__roughgreensnake__Opheodrys_aestivus of southern and eastern United States
subtype: green_snake__greensnake any of numerous African green snakes
subtype: racer slender fast-moving North American snakes
subtype: blacksnake__black_racer__Coluber_constrictor blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
subtype: blue_racer__Coluber_constrictor_flaviventris bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas
subtype: horseshoe_whipsnake__Coluber_hippocrepis slender fast-moving Eurasian snake
subtype: whipsnake__whip_snake any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails
subtype: coachwhip_snake__coachwhipsnake__coachwhip__Masticophis_flagellum a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip
subtype: California_whipsnake__striped_racer__stripedracer__Masticophis_lateralis a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides
subtype: Sonoran_whipsnake__Masticophis_bilineatus both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States southwest
subtype: rat_snake__ratsnake any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
subtype: corn_snake__red_rat_snake__redratsnake__Elaphe_guttata large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
subtype: black_rat_snake__blackratsnake__blacksnake__pilot_blacksnake__pilotblacksnake__mountain_blacksnake__Elaphe_obsoleta large harmless shiny black North American snake
subtype: chicken_snake__chickensnake large North American snake
subtype: Indian_rat_snake__Ptyas_mucosus enter buildings in pursuit of prey
subtype: glossy_snake__Arizona_elegans nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
subtype: bull_snake any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes
subtype: gopher_snake__Pituophis_melanoleucus bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows
subtype: pine_snake any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened
subtype: king_snake any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals
subtype: common_kingsnake__Lampropeltis_getulus widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands
subtype: milk_snake__house_snake__housesnake__milk_adder__checkered_adder__checkeredadder__Lampropeltis_triangulum nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
subtype: garter_snake__grass_snake__grasssnake any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North and Central American snakes
subtype: common_garter_snake__Thamnophis_sirtalis widespread in North America
subtype: ribbon_snake__Thamnophis_sauritus slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places
subtype: Western_ribbon_snake__Thamnophis_proximus yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics
subtype: lined_snake__Tropidoclonion_lineatum secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States
subtype: ground_snake__Sonora_semiannulata small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America
subtype: eastern_ground_snake__Potamophis_striatula__Haldea_striatula in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-gray snake of eastern North America
subtype: water_snake__watersnake any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water
subtype: common_water_snake__banded_water_snake__Natrix_sipedon__Nerodia_sipedon in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
subtype: water_moccasin__watermoccasin any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
subtype: ring_snake__grass_snake__grasssnake__ringed_snake__Natrix_natrix harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
subtype: viperine_grass_snake__Natrix_maura a small harmless grass snake
subtype: red-bellied_snake__redbelliedsnake__Storeria_occipitamaculata harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
subtype: sand_snake small North American burrowing snake
subtype: banded_sand_snake__Chilomeniscus_cinctus a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes
subtype: black-headed_snake small secretive ground-dwelling snake; found from central United States to Argentina
subtype: vine_snake slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia
subtype: lyre_snake mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America
subtype: Sonoran_lyre_snake__Trimorphodon_lambda of desert regions of southwestern North America
subtype: night_snake__Hypsiglena_torquata nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
subtype: indigo_snake__gopher_snake__Drymarchon_corais large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico
subtype: eastern_indigo_snake__Drymarchon_corais_couperi a variety of indigo snake
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