Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.^[1]

Two species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, yellow rat snake
• Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) - yellow-bellied hissing snake, Amazon puffing snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes.

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Spilotes, p. 23).
• Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Spilotes, new genus, p. 179). (in German and Latin).