Brown Garden Snake Virginia
Dekays brown snake storeria dekayi.
Brown garden snake virginia. Photo by todd pierson. It was a good choice if you like an ornery wiggly little guy that bites and exudes a stinky. Thamnophis sirtalis is relatively common wherever snake communities have been studied in virginia. Smooth greensnake opheodrys vernalis average length.
30 60 in. They grow to be 48 inches long. Scientific name storeria dekayi. Number of offspring 13.
56 81 cm additional information. Adults reach 15 to 2 feet in length. A gardeners best friend. Females give birth to 9 57 live.
Virginia is home to more than thirty species of snakes but ive narrowed this post down to just a handful of species that are encountered most frequently around local homes and gardens. Copperheads grow to an average three feet in length and their light body is covered with darker crossbands. Red bellied snake storeria occipitomaculata. There are mountainous regions alongside arid plateaus and there are plenty of forests too a particular favorite for many snake species and subspecies.
They have three light colored stripes on a black dark brown tan or greenish body. Pictures and identification help. Northern rough greensnake opheodrys aestivus average length. They feed on a wide variety of prey including spiders insects fish and amphibians.
They occur throughout virginia. The thirty two species of virginia snakes includes three of the four types of venomous snakes known to most southerners copperheads cottonmouths and rattlesnakes. More commonly known as the black rat snake this snake is virginias longest native snake capable of reaching up to 8 feet in length. Common name dekays brown snake.
Common name red. The belly is tinted yellowish greenish or bluish. Uhler et al 1939 amelia county 20 of 278 snakes. Brown watersnake nerodia taxispilota average length.
303 51 cm virginia wildlife action plan ratingtier iiia additional information. 76 152 cm additional information. Common snakes of virginia. George washington national forest 49 of 889 snakes.
11 20 in. Parker and plummer 1987 tabulated that the estimated densities of eastern gartersnake. Clifford 1976 and blue ridge parkway and skyline drive 35 of 545 snakes. 22 32 in.
Family solid toothed rear fanged.