Storeria dekayi, commonly known as the brown snake or De Kay’s snake, is a small species of colubrid snake.
Tag: Reptilia
Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus)
Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid endemic to the Eastern United States. C. amoenus can be found east of the Mississippi, from southwest Massachusetts south to southern Alabama west to Louisiana and then north to Illinois. This species of snake protects a large range, and normally prefers a moist habitat in the rocky woodlands, under rotten wood of logs and stumps. Though this snake is quite abundant over…
Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
The northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America.