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This is a list of snake species known to be found in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] Concerns and listed statuses come from the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board's February 2011 Checklist of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois and the Illinois Natural History Survey's website. [1] [2]
An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year, but a younger, still-growing snake, may shed up to four times a year. [18] The discarded skin gives a perfect imprint of the scale pattern and it is usually possible to identify the snake if this discard is reasonably complete and intact. [9]
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
The Chicago garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus), is a subspecies of the common garter snake native to the Chicago, United States, region.It was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1892, and can be found in the vicinity of rural waterways in northeastern Illinois, such as Piscasaw Creek in Boone County and McHenry County, Illinois.
The City of Naperville Animal Control says there are 39 different species of snakes that live in Illinois, four of which are venomous. Luckily, the garter snakes invading Naperville are a ...
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp.657 color plates. ISBN 0-394-50824-6. (Tropidoclonion lineatum, pp. 677-678 + Plate 507). Conant R, Bridges W (1939). What Snake Is That? A Field Guide to the Snakes of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. (With 108 drawings by ...
Using your skin's reaction to figure out precisely which insect bit you is challenging, Matt Frye, Ph.D., a community extension educator with the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program ...
The skin of snakes is highly sensitive to contact, tension, and pressure; they are capable of feeling pain. [67] An important function of the skin is the sensation of changes in air temperature, which can guide the snakes towards warm basking/shelter locations. [68] All snakes are ectotherms. To maintain a stable body temperature, they exchange ...