Northwest Snakes

This is a list of snakes found in Oregon and Washington.
Click on the links to see groups of photographs of the snakes and their habitat.

Scientific Name	Common Name
Charina bottae	Northern Rubber Boa
Coluber constrictor mormon (=Coluber mormon)	Western Yellow-bellied Racer
Contia tenuis	Sharp-tailed Snake
Crotalus oreganus lutosus	Great Basin Rattlesnake
Crotalus oreganus oreganus	Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
Diadophis punctatus occidentalis	Northwestern Ring-necked Snake
Hypsiglena torquata deserticola	Desert Nightsnake
Lampropeltis getula californiae	California Kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata	Caifornia Mountain Kingsnake
Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus	Desert Striped Whipsnake
Pituophis catenifer catenifer	Pacific Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer deserticola	Great Basin Gopher Snake
Sonora semiannulata semiannulata	Variable Groundsnake
Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus	Oregon Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans elegans	Mountain Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans terrestris	Coast Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans vagrans	Wandering Gartersnake
Thamnophis ordinoides	Northwestern Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus	Red-spotted Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi	Valley Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii	Puget Sound Gartersnake

Northwest Herps