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title: "Scarletsnake"
description: "Cemophora coccinea — Rettili. Cemophora coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scarletsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarletsnake

> Cemophora coccinea — Rettili. Cemophora coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Cemophora coccinea*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2703
- Wikidata: [Q1787849](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1787849)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27376](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27376)

## Names

- en: Scarletsnake
- de: Scharlachnatter

## Countries with the most observations

US (2539)

## Summary

Cemophora coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. There are two subspecies of C. coccinea that are recognized as being valid. The Texas scarlet snake (C. lineri) was previously considered a subspecies.

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

## Photo

![Scarletsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarletsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: nataliekrops · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167761138

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scarletsnake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).