AN APPROXIMATE LIST OF
SNAKES
OF NORTHERN YUCATAN (north of Mérida's latitude)

(mostly based on distribution information in
Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize,
Jonathen A. Campbell, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998)

Blind Snakes, Family Typhlopidae
  • Yucatan Blind Snake, Typhlops microstomus

Thread Sankes, Family Leptotyphlopidae

  • Goudot's Thread Snake, Leptotyphlops goudotii

Boas, Family Boidae

  • Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor

Colubrids, Family Colubridae

  • Southern Racer, Coluber constrictor
  • Mottled-jaw Spotbelly Snake, Coniophanes bipunctatus
  • Black-striped Snake, Coniophanes imperialis
  • Striped Spotbelly Snake, Coniophanes quinquevittatus
  • Schmidt's Striped Snake, Coniophanes schmidti
  • Lizard Killer, Conophis lineatus
  • Short-faced Snail-eater, Dipsas brevifacies
  • Middle American Smooth-scaled Racer, Dryadophis melanolomus
  • Tropical Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais
  • Speckled Racer, Drymobius margaritiferus
  • Red-blotched Ratsnake, Elaphe flavirufa
  • ? Blotched Hooknosed Snake, Ficimia publia
  • Common Bluntheaded Treesnake, Imantodes cenchoa (northeast only)
  • Spotted Bluntheaded Treesnake, Imantodes gemmistratus
  • Tropical Milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum
  • Yucatan Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira frenata
  • Small-spotted Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira polysticta
  • Green Parrot Snake, Leptophis ahaetulla
  • Bronze-backed Parrot Snake, Leptophis mexicanus
  • Neotropical Coachwip, Masticophis mentovarius
  • Red Coffe Snake, Ninia sebae
  • Brown Vine Snake, Oxybelis aeneus
  • Green Vine Snake, Oxybelis fulgidus
  • Long-tailed False Coral, Pliocercus elapoides
  • Bird-eating Treesnake, Pseustes poecilonotus (northeast only)
  • Half Coral Snake, Scaphiodontophis annulatus (northeast only)
  • Common Tropical Ratsnake, Senticolis triaspis
  • Cloudy Snail-eater, Sibon nebulata (northeast only)
  • Yucatan Snail-eater, Sibon sanniola
  • Ringed Snail-eater, Sibon sartorii
  • Tiger Treesnake, Spilotes pullatus
  • Freminville's Scorpion-hunter, Stenorrhino freminvillii
  • Mayan Golden-backed Snake, Symphimus mayae
  • Mayan Black-headed Centipede-eater, Tantilla cuniculator
  • Black-bellied Centipede-eater, Tantilla moesta
  • Yucatan Dwarf Centipede-eater, Tantillita canula
  • Checkered Garter Snake, Thamnophis marcianus
  • Middle American Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis proximus

Coral Snakes, Family Elapidae (*venomous)

  • Variable Coral Snake, Micrurus diastema

Vipers, Family Viperidae (*venomous)

  • Cantil, Agkistrodon bilineatus
  • Barba Amarilla, Bothrops asper (northeast only)
  • Neotropical Rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus
  • Yucatan Hog-nosed Viper, Porthidium yucatanicum

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