Printable VersionCommon Name:
Red-bellied Snake
Scientific Name:
Storeria occipitomaculata
Category:
Small, Garden Variety Snakes
Identification:
6-14 inches. Brown or gray above, with two rows of black dots or two or four thin dark lines from head to tail; underside usually red or orange, rarely yellow or dull white; pale spots present on either side of the neck and under each eye; small young have a pale collar; scales keeled and in 15 rows.
Habits:
Red-bellied snakes tend to stay concealed under leaf litter and surface objects in wooded or forested areas. They give birth to 6-15 young.
Distribution:
Forested portions of Louisiana north of the coastal marshes and swamplands.
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