Rainbow Snake

Farancia erytrogramma

The Rainbow Snake is one of the most spectacular snakes in North America with its red, yellow, and black longitudinal stripes. Highly aquatic, it is rarely encountered despite being locally common. Specializes in eating American eels.

Habitat

Sandy streams, rivers, and cypress swamps in the Southeast

Diet

American eels and sirens

How common

Rare

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