< Back | Name: | Redbelly Snake | | Family: | Woodland Snakes | | Scientific Name:
| Storeria occipitomaculata | | Description: | Scales keeled. Body may be gray, brown, red-brown, yellow-brown or blue-black. Belly generally red, but can be yellow, black, orange or pink. Head darker than body. Nape of neck has three light spots, often forming a “collar.” Young patterned like adults. Adults average 8-10 inches in length. | | Range: | Statewide, but very few records from the Mississippi Delta. | | Habits and Habitat: | Inhabits moist forests, hiding under logs, rocks and leaf litter. This snake is active from March-October and breeds in spring and fall with 2-18 young born in late summer or early autumn. Diet consists of earthworms, slugs and land snails. Populations require intact forest habitat to survive. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge Suzanne Collins |
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