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They’re often seen in open prairies, wooded areas, empty lots, and even residential areas. Additionally, each of their sides has two stripes that are the same color. This animal is easy to spot because its body is olive to gray-brown, and it has a light white to orange stripe on its back.

Scientific Name: Tropidoclonion lineatumĪ lined snake is a small, thin snake that can only grow to be 15 inches long.

Lined snake Lined snake | image by Peter Paplanus via Flickr | CC BY 2.0 These stripes can also be orange, maroon, rust, brown, or black. Their underside is pink or salmon, and their back and sides have three long stripes that can be straight, broken, or have a lot of contrast with the spaces between them.

Many herpetologists are interested in this species because it has beautiful colors that depend on where it lives. The desert rosy boa is a small, non-venomous snake that lives in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Desert rosy boa Desert rosy boa basking | image by Joshua Tree National Park via Flickr

At night, they retreat to the safety of small mammal burrows or rocky outcrops. You may also like: 6 of the Longest Living Mammals on Earthĭuring the day, these creatures can be spotted roaming the open grasslands, shrublands, canyons, woodlands, and pine-oak forests. They can grow up to 72 inches long and have a dark stripe running down the middle of their dorsal scales and a white stripe on their sides, separated by a solid or dashed black line. The striped whipsnake is a non-venomous snake that’s closely related to the striped racer. Striped whipsnake Striped whipsnake | image by ALAN SCHMIERER via Flickr These animals move quickly and hunt for lizards, mice, other small mammals, and the eggs of reptiles and birds. Their bodies are a light gray color, and they have a wide stripe of yellow or beige with a black border on their backs and a black stripe on each side of their bodies. The Western patch-nosed snake is a beautiful animal that lives in the southwestern United States, northwest Mexico, and Baja California. Western patch-nosed snake Western patch-nosed snake | image by ALAN SCHMIERER via Flickr They’re also often found in pine flatwoods, savannas, cultivated fields, suburban areas, and even swimming pools, especially in the spring. The body of a scarlet kingsnake is bright red, and it has black and yellow bands around it. Because of their similarity, these snakes are often mistaken for the venomous eastern coral snake. The scarlet kingsnake is a type of non-venomous snake that you can find all over the United States.

Scientific Name: Lampropeltis elapsoides.

Scarlet kingsnake Scarlet kingsnake | source: Land Between the Lakes KY/TN Adults can be up to 12 inches long, and they mostly eat slugs, snails, and earthworms. This animal’s color ranges from gray to brown, and it has a light stripe on its back that’s surrounded by black. They’re one of the species that have stripes and can be found in the terrestrial and wetland habitats that are found east of the Great Plains. The Dekay’s brown snake is a type of snake that’s native to most of the eastern half of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec. Dekay’s brown snake Dekay’s brown snake | image by Judy Gallagher via Flickr | CC BY 2.0 Their stripes can also be blue, green, or brown, depending on the species. These snakes have dark bodies with a pattern of three yellow stripes on their back and sides. They’re one of the most common snakes throughout their range and can typically be found in meadows, forests, and other habitats that are located near bodies of water. The Common garter snakes are non-venomous, medium-sized snakes that live in the Southeast and most of North America. Common garter snake Common garter snake | image by Greg Schechter via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 One example of this type of striped snake is a California kingsnake, or a coral snake. Other snake species have stripes that go around their bodies, but many of them. Some of these species have stripes that run the length of their bodies, like garter snakes. In this article, we’ll learn about some of them and take a look at some pictures of them.

From the common garter snake to the venomous coral snake, these snakes with stripes can be found all over North America. While many of us think of snakes as having solid colors or complicated patterns, some species have simple stripes. With their unique patterns, colors, and behaviors, snakes are very interesting animals.