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This snake has a blunt head, a tiny mouth, and small eyes. Anteriorly the dorsal scales are usually in 17 rows (other eastern subspecies have 15 rows). [ 4 ] A mature prairie ringneck grows to about 25–36 cm (9.8–14.2 in) in total length (including tail), record 42 cm ( 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).
In nature, vivid coloration on an animal generally serves as a warning to others that it is not afraid of delivering a dose of venom, or that it is poisonous if eaten; this "false warning" coloration is a form of mimicry, a survival adaptation in which a non-venomous species (i.e., the ring-necked snake) has evolved brighter coloration, similar ...
Eastern glossy snake (Arizona elegans) Western worm snake (Carphophis vermis) Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor) Ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus) Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) Eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) Night snake (Hypsiglena torquata) MT; Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) Common kingsnake ...
Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis [1] Northern Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei. Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris. Prairie Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi. Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata [2] Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta. Western Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina. Western Mud Snake Farancia abacura ...
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 ...
Non-venomous Northern redbelly snake: Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata: Non-venomous Prairie kingsnake: Lampropeltis calligaster: Non-venomous Queensnake: Regina septemvittata: Non-venomous Ringneck snake: Diadophis punctatus: Non-venomous Rough green snake: Opheodrys aestivus: Non-venomous Scarlet kingsnake: Lampropeltis elapsoides ...
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
False map turtle: Graptemys pseudogeographica: Least concern: Length of 3–10 inches (7.6–25.4 cm); upper shell has yellow connected circles or lines; lower shell is greenish-yellow [36] Northern map turtle: Graptemys geographica: Least concern: Length of 6–10.75 inches (15.2–27.3 cm); fine yellow lines on a brown to olive shell [37 ...