Dipsadidae
Rainbow Snake
Farancia erytrogramma
A closer look
Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma) is native to 9 U.S. jurisdictions, including Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. This secretive aquatic snake that spends much of its time in or beside water is most often associated with swamps, slow streams, floodplains, and muddy wetland margins and typically feeds on eels, salamanders, frogs, and other aquatic prey.
- Habitat
- Swamps, slow streams, floodplains, and muddy wetland margins
- On the menu
- Eels, salamanders, frogs, and other aquatic prey
- Behavior
- A mostly secretive ground hunter that spends much of its time under cover.
Not considered venomous to people. Observe without handling, and never corner or relocate a wild snake.
Safety & bite guidance ↗Where it is listed
A sense of place.
Checklist presence only. A highlighted state is not a local range boundary. Territory tiles are schematic.
State & territory checklist
About continuous range data
A verified habitat-model layer is not available for this species in this release. Earlier broad sketches connected jurisdiction locations; they did not show measured occurrence or USGS habitat predictions.
Use USGS distribution resources ↗ for available modeled habitat data.
Names, sources & image evidence
Also known as: No additional names recorded.
Taxonomy: provisional. Territory checklist entries may be provisional. Field descriptions include broad group-level natural-history summaries.
Research Grade iNaturalist observation 378000111 has exact taxon Farancia erytrogramma
Conservation & local rules
Collection, possession, relocation, and protection rules vary by state and territory. Check the relevant wildlife agency before taking action. Leave wild snakes where they are.