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title: "Pine Woods Littersnake"
description: "Rhadinaea flavilata — Reptiles. The pine woods snake (Rhadinaea flavilata), also commonly known as the yellow-lipped snake and the brown-headed snake, is a secretive species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/pine-woods-littersnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pine Woods Littersnake

> Rhadinaea flavilata — Reptiles. The pine woods snake (Rhadinaea flavilata), also commonly known as the yellow-lipped snake and the brown-headed snake, is a secretive species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Rhadinaea flavilata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 1470
- Wikidata: [Q2381444](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2381444)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28816](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28816)

## Names

- en: Pine Woods Littersnake
- de: Kiefernwaldschlange
- nl: Pine woods snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (1370)

## Summary

The pine woods snake (Rhadinaea flavilata), also commonly known as the yellow-lipped snake and the brown-headed snake, is a secretive species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to scattered locations across the  southeastern United States. Rhadinaea flavilata is rear-fanged and mildly venomous, but not dangerous to humans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_woods_snake

## Photo

![Pine Woods Littersnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pine-woods-littersnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matt Neidert · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291114562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pine-woods-littersnake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).