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This is a list of reptile species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. [1] [2] Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications. [3] [4] [5] (I) - Introduced [1] [2] (V) - Venomous snake [6]
The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.This snake is often one of the most abundant species of snakes found in rivers and streams of the southeastern United States, yet many aspects of its natural history are poorly known.
Storeria dekayi, commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many other snakes), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The species is native to North America and Central America .
But there are many other types of snakes in North Carolina, and most are non-venomous. ... • Size: Full-grown brown snakes are a foot and a half long at a maximum. The brown pattern can be ...
Copperheads are by far the most common venomous snake in North Carolina, ... Critter Control noted that many people assume any brown snake with darker brown banding is a copperhead. The truth is ...
As it warms up in North Carolina, many plants, animals and insects are waking up for the season. ... The snakes are light brown with a contrasting dark brown, hourglass-shaped pattern often ...
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 ...
The snake is found in Alabama, northwestern Florida, Georgia, extreme southern Indiana, western Kentucky, eastern Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and south-central Virginia. [4] [5] The largest populations of the species is found in areas with sandy or loose soils and plentiful organic litter. The southeastern ...