Snakes of Calvert County

Northern Watersnake
Queen Snake*
Eastern Smooth Earthsnake*
Northern Brownsnake
Northern Red-bellied Snake
Eastern Gartersnake
Common Ribbonsnake*
Ring-necked Snake
Eastern Wormsnake
Northern Rough Greensnake
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Northern Black Racer
Red Cornsnake*
Eastern Ratsnake (formerly Black Snake or Black Ratsnake)
Mole Kingsnake*
Eastern Kingsnake
Coastal Plain Milksnake*
Northern Scarletsnake*
Copperhead

Not recorded for Calvert County but potentially present:

Red-bellied Watersnake*
Eastern Milksnake*

*The Maryland Herp Atlas requires photographic or recorded (frogs) verification of these species

Northern Watersnake. Photo by Michelle Daubon

Snakes of Maryland (5.4 MB pdf) (from Maryland Department of Natural Resources)

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