Ring-Necked Snake
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Genus | Diadophis |
| Species | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Arkansas
- Stone
- Georgia
- Walker
- Kentucky
- Hart
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2007.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Quebec
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Arizona
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Rhode Island
- SNR Unranked
- Nevada
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- California
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- S2 Imperiled
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Washington
- S3 Vulnerable
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- Oregon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- S3 Vulnerable
- Idaho
- S3 Vulnerable
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Cooper, J.E. 1975. Ecological and behavioral studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama, with emphasis on decapod crustaceans. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 364 pp.
- Heath, D.R., Saugey, D.A. & Heidt, G.A. 1986. Abandoned mine fauna of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 40: 33–36.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Miller, B.T. 2009. A survey of the cave-associated herpetofauna of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas, USA, Volume 1: 249–256.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2369. https://cavebiology.org/species/diadophis-punctatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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