---
title: "Smooth Earthsnake"
description: "Virginia valeriae — Reptielen. The smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/smooth-earthsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smooth Earthsnake

> Virginia valeriae — Reptielen. The smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Virginia valeriae*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3864
- Wikidata: [Q3014576](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3014576)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146718](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146718)

## Names

- en: Smooth Earthsnake
- de: Glatte Erdschlange

## Countries with the most observations

US (3634)

## Summary

The smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States.

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

## Photo

![Smooth Earthsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smooth-earthsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143226179

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smooth-earthsnake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).