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4. Milk Snakes. Size: 2-4 feet on average Lifespan: 15-20 years Milk snakes are another species of colubrid (the same family that corns and garter snakes belong to) that make for popular "starter ...
Southern ringneck snake, Diadophis p. punctatus Diadophis punctatus, commonly known as the ring-necked snake or ringneck snake, is a rather small, harmless species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the United States, as well as south in Central Mexico and as far north as Quebec, Canada.
In fact, it has been spotted in all but six of Ohio's 88 counties, according to the Reptile of Ohio Field Guide by the Division of Wildlife. The snakes are stout and can range from 24–42 inches ...
The pine woods snake is often found "hiding beneath logs, leaf litter, or other debris," and eating "small frogs, salamanders, snakes, and small lizards." Mud snake. The mud snake, or Farancia ...
The worm snake is a small snake. Adults are 19–28 cm (7.5–11.0 in) in total length, record 34 cm (13 in) . [8] It is brown dorsally, and bright pink ventrally, with the belly color including one or two dorsal scale rows. [9] The dorsal scales are smooth, in 13 rows. It has five upper labials and one postocular. [3]
Worm snakes are small snakes, 35 cm (14 in) or less in total length (including tail). The males are shorter than the females. [2] Both sexes are usually a dark brown in color on the upperside, with a lighter-colored, pink or orange underside. Both species are cylindrical and unpatterned, with a pointed head and small black eyes. [2]
The diet of S. miliarius includes small mammals and birds, lizards, insects, and frogs, [3] as well as other snakes. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Pygmy rattlesnakes also include giant desert centipedes in their diet, which they hunt by active pursuit, grabbing and flipping the centipedes around while simultaneously injecting venom to prevent injury by the victim.
Of the 6 venomous snake species native to N.C., 3 are rattlesnakes – pigmy, timber & Eastern diamondback. Each one is protected by the North Carolina Endangered Species Act.