Farancia erytrogramma

Farancia erytrogramma
HI erytrogramma (rainbow snake) photographed in March of 2018 in North Carolina, posed to show ventral coloration
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Farancia
Species:	F. erytrogramma
Binomial name
Farancia erytrogramma (Palisot de Beauvois, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
Coluber erytrogrammus Palisot de Beauvois, 1802 in Sonnini & Latreille, 1802 Coluber erythrogrammus — Daudin, 1803 Natrix erythrogrammus — Merrem, 1820 Homalopsis erythrogrammus — F. Boie, 1827 Helicops erythrogrammus — Wagler, 1830 Abastor erythrogrammus — Gray, 1849 Calopisma erythrogrammum — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Homolopsis parviceps Blyth, 1854 Hydrops erythrogrammus — Sclater, 1861 Abastor erytrogrammus — Theobald, 1868 Abastor erythrogramus — Cochran, 1952 Farancia erytrogramma — Conant, 1975

Farancia erytrogramma (also known commonly as the rainbow snake, and less frequently as the eel moccasin) is a species of large, nonvenomous, highly amphibious colubrid snake, endemic to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States. Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, one of which has been declared extinct.