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Habitat and range: Coral snakes can be found in sandy pinewoods of South and Southeast Mississippi. Reaction to human encounters: Coral snakes are secretive and encounters with humans are uncommon ...
Ventral side of Diadophis punctatus stictogenys, showing the characteristic coloration and paired blacks spots.. Like D. p. punctatus, the Mississippi ringneck snake characteristically attains a maximum length of 44.5 centimetres (17.5 in).
D. p. arnyi eats insects, frogs, salamanders, other snakes, lizards, and newborn rodents. It uses a weak venom (not harmful to humans) in the saliva in its mouth to immobilize its prey. It also uses constriction. When approached, the snake's first intent is to flee. It is usually a slow snake, so it can be caught quickly.
N. cyclopion differs from most other species of North American water snakes by having one or more small scales under the eye, giving the appearance of a ring of small plates around the eye, a character shared with the species N. floridana. [8] A heavy-bodied snake, N. cyclopion is dark green, olive, or brown dorsally. Ventrally, it is yellowish ...
Copperhead snakes are among the most common species found in Mississippi, but what Mary Lambdin Dennis of Madison found in her driveway in 2020 was anything but. Dennis was driving down her ...
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Between about 1990 and 2011, foxsnakes were sometimes divided into two species, with P. vulpinus as the western foxsnake, and P. gloydi as the eastern foxsnake. A 2011 paper by Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham and Gardner proposed instead that the Mississippi River be established as the species boundary between two species of foxsnakes, and that those found to its east be considered P ...
World Snake Day is a popular event at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, and the museum will be hosting it again this week. "People can see and touch live snakes and learn how to ...