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Midland Brown Snake
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- Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
- Suborder: Serpentes (=Ophidia) (snakes)
- Family: Colubridae (typical snakes)
- Subfamily: Natricinae (water, garter, and
related snakes)
- Genus: Storeria (brown and redbelly
snakes)
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| Also Known As: DeKay's
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Scientific Name: Storeria dekayi
wrightorum Trapido, 1944 |
| Habitat: A variety of
terrain from prairie to woodland, and often near human habitation. |
Storeria in honor of Dr. David H. Storer, dekayi
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honor of zoologist James E. DeKay, wrightorum in honor of
professor and naturalist Albert Wright and his wife Anna
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| Length: To 21 inches total. |
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| Food: Slugs and
earthworms; occasionally insects. |
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| NOTE: Range map shows the
range of all brown snake subspecies.
I found this specimen while road-cruising in Polk County,
Arkansas on a cool, rainy Friday night in October 2004. I
almost didn't stop for it, since it looked like a twig in the
middle of the road. It turns out the snake had already been
hit, as some of its organs were protruding from its vent.
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| Since the snake was a new county
record, it was preserved (it would not have survived, having been
run over already). I intentionally did not include the
"ran-over" tail of the snake in the photographs!
See also the brown snakes I found in Oklahoma,
Texas
and Wisconsin. |
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