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, 3rd 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