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Slowinski's corn snake: Sonora semiannulata: Ground snake: Tantilla gracilis: Flathead snake: Carphophis amoenus helenae: Midwestern worm snake: Carphophis vermis: Western worm snake: Diadophis punctatus ssp. Ring-necked snake: Nerodia cyclopion: Mississippi green watersnake: Nerodia erythrogaster ssp. Plainbelly water snake: Nerodia fasciata ...
The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn (). [9]The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as far back as 1675, whilst other sources maintain that the corn snake is so-named because the distinctive, nearly-checkered pattern of the snake's belly scales resembles the kernels of variegated corn.
The belly is checkered black and white, giving it an appearance of maize (its close relative, the corn snake, is believed to have gotten its name for this belly pattern). [ 5 ] While this subspecies resembles superficially the prairie kingsnake ( Lampropeltis calligaster ), the spearhead marking present on the head of Slowinski's corn snake is ...
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [5] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [6] Its color variations include the Texas ...
Moulted skin of an albino Nelson's milksnake with 21 rows of scales Head of an albino Nelson's milksnake. The snake has 13 to 18 red rings and commonly has a dark-flecked light snout (in rare cases, the snout is mostly black). [1] While the red bands are quite wide, the black ones are noticeably thinner, and the white is very thin. [1]
Arizona Patch-nosed Snake; Blackneck Garter Snake; Blind snake; Checkered Garter Snake; Coachwhip snake (Red Racer) Common Kingsnake; Desert Kingsnake; Gopher Snake; Glossy Snake; King Snake; Ground Snake; Desert Rosy Boa Snake; Saddled Leafnose Snake (Phyllorhynchus browni) Sonoran Gopher Snake; Spotted Leafnose Snake (Phyllorhynchus ...
A wild-caught specimen. As one common name, Manchurian black water snake, suggests, this species inhabits fairly moist biotopes such as forest clearings, scrub, farmland, hiding amongst cavities in trees, piles of stone or wood, and when threatened can flee up a tree or into the water.
Connecticut is home to 15 species of snakes and only two are venomous. The Black racer (Coluber c. constrictor), Dekay's brownsnake (Storeria d. dekayi), Eastern ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus), Garternake (Thamnophis s. sirtalis), Hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos), milk snake (Lampropeltis t. triangulum), northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon), redbelly snake (Storeria o ...