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