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title: "Common Wormsnake"
description: "Carphophis amoenus — Gady. Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-wormsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Wormsnake

> Carphophis amoenus — Gady. Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Carphophis amoenus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 11918
- Wikidata: [Q2940133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2940133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27388)

## Names

- en: Common Wormsnake
- de: Wurmschlange

## Countries with the most observations

US (11421)

## Summary

Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the eastern United States. C. amoenus can be found east of the Mississippi, from southwest Massachusetts south to southern Alabama west to Louisiana and then north to Illinois. This species of snake protects a large range, and normally prefers a moist habitat in the rocky woodlands, under rotten wood of logs and stumps. Though this snake is quite abundant over its range, it is rarely seen because of its dormant lifestyle and where it usually resides. This snake is most common on the edges or in the ecotonal…

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

## Photo

![Common Wormsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-wormsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3234548

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-wormsnake?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).