Snakes of the Konza Prairie

Life history information and range maps from: Collins, J. T., S. L. Collins, and T. W. Taggart, 2010. Amphibians, Reptiles and Turtles in Kansas, 3^rd Edition, revised. University of Kansas, Eagle Mountain publishing, Eagle Mountain, Utah.

Click below for more information - colored counties of range map are those in which the species has been reported.

Family Colubridae - Harmless egg-laying snakes

• Black rat snake
• Bull snake
• Prairie kingsnake
• Milk snake
• Great Plains rat snake
• Yellowbelly racer
• Common kingsnake

Family Natricidae - Harmless live-bearing snakes

• Lined snake
• Brown snake
• Northern water snake
• Common garter snake

Family Dipsadidae - Rear-fanged snakes

• Ringneck
• Flathead snake
• Worm snake

Family Crotalidae - Pit vipers

• Copperhead