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The eastern worm snake is a burrower, and is seldom seen. [15] The annual activity period of the worm snake varies with latitude and elevation. Some have found them active in every month but February on the coastal plain of South Carolina. Farther north C. amoenus amoenus is active from March–April to October–November. Few are active above ...
Worm snakes are a common food source for ophiophagous snake species, such as the coral snakes, Micrurus fulvius and Micrurus tener, in areas in which they are sympatric. They can also be threatened by opossums, shrews, and moles, as well as birds.
Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, [3] is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the eastern United States. [4] C. amoenus can be found east of the Mississippi, from southwest Massachusetts south to southern Alabama west to Louisiana and then north to Illinois. [ 5 ]
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition suggests edible insects as a solution to the “rising costs of animal protein, food and feed insecurity, environmental pressures, population growth ...
Hundreds of small animals that were shipped from California to Arizona for adoption likely ended up frozen as snake food, officials have confirmed. More than 300 rabbits, Guinea pigs, rats and ...
Georgia is currently experiencing an infestation of an invasive species of snake-like, carnivorous worms, according to wildlife experts. Hammerhead worms, also known as shovel-headed garden worms ...
Smooth earth snake; Smooth green snake; DeKay's brown snake; Carphophis amoenus; Eastern worm snake; Thamnophis saurita septentrionalis; Nerodia erythrogaster; Ring-necked snake; Southern flying squirrel; Southern red-backed vole; Spiny softshell turtle; Stenotrema altispira; Stenotrema barbigerum; Sternotherus odoratus; Stream bluet ...
Little is known about the mating habits of the western worm snake, but breeding likely occurs in the early spring. Eggs are laid in the early summer. Clutch size is normally 1-8 eggs, and hatching takes place in August or September. Hatchlings range in size from 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm) in total length.