They sometimes live temporarily in woodlands and grasslands. They are usually near permanent or almost permanent water areas, such as dunes, shallow waters, and marshlands. They are listed as endangered in the US Endangered Species Act. The California red-sided garter snake is found primarily in marshes and coastal dunes in California.

They can vary slightly in appearance with some having an orange or red head. These snakes feature a pattern of three stripes, which include blue and yellow stripes on a red body with black spots on the striped pattern. The majority of these snakes have a blue stripe on the black and red background, growing to 100cm in total length. The California red-sided garters name is a slender snake indigenous to North America. Scientific name: Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis.Ĭommon name: California red-sided garter snake. California red-sided garter snake California red-sided garter snake. They are tree dwellers and are often encountered in dry monsoon forests. Their color varies from green to blue/green, with some having yellow coloration. It is also known as the Sunda Island pit viper. White-lipped island pit vipers are venomous snakes found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Image by nmoorhatch via inaturalistĬommon name: white-lipped island pitviper, Sunda Island pitviper. White-lipped Island Pit viper White-lipped island pit viper. Though in some states in the US you will need a permit in order to keep one as a pet. They prefer flat woods, dry glade, cane fields, riparian thickets, well-drained sandy soil, and stream bottoms.ĭue to their docile nature and blue coloration, these snakes have become desirable pets in the exotic pet trade. They are smooth scaled snakes with males growing to 2.36 meters and weighing 4.5 kilograms and females growing to 2 meters and weighing 2.7 kilograms. These snakes are a uniform blue/black with some having a red to orange or tan-colored throat, chin, and cheeks. The Eastern indigo snake is a large non-venomous snake that is native to the southeastern United States. Eastern Indigo Snake Eastern Indigo SnakeĬommon name: eastern indigo snake, indigo, blue indigo snake, black snake, blue gopher snake, and blue bull snake. This is a large snake that can grow to 152cm from snout to vent. They have black masts on their face with large eyes and brown to orange snouts. These non-venomous snakes have cream to white colored ventral scales with brilliant blue to gray lateral scales and a brown to dark gray dorsum. They are common throughout North America. Scientific name: Coluber constrictor foxii.īlue racers are non-venomous snakes that live in open and semi-open habitats, such as old fields and savannahs.

Their venom is not a neurotoxin, but rather a cytotoxin, which causes immediate paralysis of the victim, prey, or human. These snakes are considered venomous with the occasional human death reported. These snakes have a red tail, belly, and head with a dark blue to black on their backs with two large blue to white stripes on their flanks. It is a new world coral snake of medium size with a slender body. The blue coral snake belongs to the Elapidae family and is native to southeast Asia. Image by Nksnakes via inaturalistĬommon name: blue coral snake, blue Malayan coral snake. This striking blue and black banded sea snake can be found in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, New Guinea, Philippines, Fiji, Taiwan, Solomon Islands, and Australia, to name a few. They have large ventral scales with females growing to 1070mm and males to 910mm in body length. The blue-lipped sea krait or the common sea krait is a venomous sea snake, found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Blue-lipped Sea Krait Blue-lipped Sea KraitĬommon name: blue-lipped sea krait, blue-banded sea krait, common sea krait.

A bite from one of the venomous blue snakes requires immediate medical attention. The blue sea snakes and pit vipers are the most venomous of the blue snakes you may encounter and they should be dealt with great caution. All blue snakes are venomous, but their venom is not always dangerous to humans.

Blue indigo snake