< Back | Name: | Brown Snake | | Family: | Woodland Snakes | | Scientific Name:
| Storeria dekayi | | Description: | Scales keeled. Color can vary from light yellow-brown, gray, red-brown, to dark brown. Light gray or brown stripe down center of back, bordered by two rows of black, brown or dark gray spots. Belly can be cream-colored, pink or yellow. Top of head is dark with two large black spots on either side of neck. Young patterned like adults, but darker. Adults average 9-13 inches in length. | | Range: | Statewide. | | Habits and Habitat: | Prefers moist environments of forests, woodland edge, swamps and floodplains. Active late March-October, breeds in spring or fall and gives birth to 3-31 young from late July-September. Feeds on earthworms, slugs and land snails. Blunt heads and elongated teeth allow brown and redbelly snakes to extract land snails from their shells. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge Suzanne Collins |
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