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List Of Snakes In Georgia (U.S. State)
{{short description, None ''This list needs pictures and descriptions for each snake listed to fit the goals of the Snake Project'' According to a 2012 study, Georgia has 15.67 snakes per square mile, surpassing Arizona's 15.2 for the largest number in the country. Snakes Non-Venomous Worm Snake (''Carphophis amoenus'') Scarlet Snake (''Cemophora coccinea'') Black Racer (''Coluber constrictor'') Ringneck Snake (''Diadophis punctatus'') Indigo Snake (''Drymarchon corais'') Corn Snake (''Pantherophis guttatus'') Rat Snake (''Pantherophis obsoletus'') Mud Snake (''Farancia abacura'') Rainbow Snake (''Farancia erytrogramma'') Eastern Hognose Snake (''Heterodon platirhinos'') Southern Hognose Snake (''Heterodon simus'') Mole Kingsnake (''Lampropeltis calligaster'') Eastern Kingsnake (''Lampropeltis getula'') Milk Snake (''Lampropeltis triangulum'') Scarlet Kingsnake (''Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides'') Coachwhip (''Masticophis flagellum'') Redbelly W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venomous
Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a stinger, in a process called envenomation. Venom is often distinguished from poison, which is a toxin that is passively delivered by being ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, and toxungen, which is actively transferred to the external surface of another animal via a physical delivery mechanism. Venom has evolved in terrestrial and marine environments and in a wide variety of animals: both predators and prey, and both vertebrates and invertebrates. Venoms kill through the action of at least four major classes of toxin, namely necrotoxins and cytotoxins, which kill cells; neurotoxins, which affect nervous systems; myotoxins, which damage muscles; and haemotoxins, which disrupt blood clotting. Venomous animals cause tens of thous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerodia Erythrogaster
''Nerodia erythrogaster'', commonly known as the plain-bellied water snake or plainbelly water snake, is a familiar species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake endemic to the United States. Description The plain-bellied water snake is a large, thick-bodied, solid-colored snake. Subspecies can be brown, gray, olive green, greenish-gray, and black in color. Some lighter colored snakes display dark dorsal blotches. This snake can be distinguished from other water snakes by its plain, unmarked underside varying in color from red to yellow. It gets its common name because it has no marking on its underside. Its scientific name ''erythrogaster'' comes from the Greek word “''erythros''” meaning red and “''gaster''” meaning belly. This species exhibits geographically defined phenotypic variation which results in a number of different subspecies. Adults vary in size from 24 to 40 inches (76–122 cm) in total length. Juvenile snakes have banding patterns similar t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storeria Occipitomaculata
''Storeria occipitomaculata'', commonly known as the redbelly snake or the red-bellied snake, is a species of snake endemic to North America (Canada and the United States). Description ''S. occipitomaculata'' is a small woodland species that ranges from 4–10 in (10-25 cm) long. Their colors range from an orange to gray, black, or brown. They can be distinguished from other species from their bright red or orange underbelly. Habitat ''S. occipitomaculata'' prefers warmer habitats and in the more Northern limits of its range will inhabit abandoned ant mounds. These mounds absorb solar radiation and are insulated which allows for a longer active season. This species, with large eyes and a kinetic skull, are not able to burrow on their own effectively and abandoned ant mounds allow them access to a warm area to retreat to. Individuals of this species can be found under logs and leafy debris due to their secretive nature. Reproduction Redbelly snakes have been studied to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storeria Dekayi
''Storeria dekayi'', commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many others), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America and Central America. Geographic range ''S. dekayi'' is native to Southern Ontario and Quebec, most of the eastern half of the United States, through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and possibly El Salvador. www.reptile-database.org. More specifically, this common species inhabits most wetland and terrestrial habitats east of the Great Plains from sea level to 1,400 meters (4,600 feet) above sea level. Description Dorsally, ''S. dekayi'' is brown to gray with a lighter center stripe bordered by small black spots; ventrally, it is lighter brown or pink with small black dots at the ends of the ventral scales. Adults usually measure less than in total length (including tail), but the record total length is . The dorsal scales are keeled, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminatrix
The black swamp snake (''Liodytes pygaea'') is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. There are three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies. Common names Additional common names for ''L. pygaea'' include black swampsnake, mud snake, red-bellied mud snake, and swamp snake. Subspecies The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid. *South Florida swamp snake, ''Liodytes pygaea cyclas'' *Carolina swamp snake, ''Liodytes pygaea paludis'' *North Florida swamp snake, ''Liodytes pygaea pygaea'' ''Nota bene'': A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Liodytes''. Geographic range ''L. pygaea'' is found in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida on the east coast of the United States. Habitat ''L. pygaea'' prefers swampland habitat that is heavily veget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Woods Snake
The pine woods snake (''Rhadinaea flavilata''), also commonly known as the yellow-lipped snake or the brown-headed snake, is a species of secretive colubrid found in scattered locations across the south-eastern United States. ''Rhadinaea flavilata'' is rear-fanged and mildly-venomous, but not dangerous to humans. Description ''R. flavilata'' is a small reddish brown to yellowish brown or dark orange snake with a whitish to yellowish, unmarked underside. A dark stripe runs through the eye. A light stripe may be present along the middle of the back. The upper labial scales (lip scales) are a whitish or pale yellow color which led to its other common name, the yellow-lipped snake. Pine woods snakes average between 10 and 13 inches (25–33 cm) in total length (including tail) at adult size. Natural habitat ''R. flavilata'' is found in scattered localities in coastal North Carolina and South Carolina, most of peninsular Florida, and small portions of Georgia, Alabama, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Snake
The queen snake (''Regina septemvittata'') is a species of nonvenomous semiaquatic snake, a member of the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America. Common names ''R. septemvittata'' is known by many common names, including the following: banded water snake, brown queen snake, diamond-back water snake, leather snake, moon snake, North American seven-banded snake, olive water snake, pale snake, queen water snake, seven-striped water snake, striped water snake, three-striped water snake, willow snake, and yellow-bellied snake. Geographic range ''R. septemvittata'' ranges through the temperate region of North America east of the Mississippi River from western New York state to Wisconsin and south to Alabama and northern Florida. It is also found in the southwestern parts of Ontario. New Jersey was at the edge of its range and it is now believed to be extirpated from the state. Decreases in Queen snake populations can be most attribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liodytes Rigida
The crayfish snake (''Liodytes rigida''), also known commonly as the glossy crayfish snake, the glossy swampsnake, the glossy water snake, and the striped water snake, is a species of semiaquatic snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States, and preys mainly on crayfish. Geographic range ''L. rigida'' is found on the coastal plains of both the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast: in eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, southern Arkansas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, northern Florida, southern Georgia, eastern South Carolina, and southeastern North Carolina. There is also a disjunct population in eastern Virginia. Description Adults of ''L. rigida'' are on average 16 inches (about 41 cm) in total length (including tail), and are heavy-bodied. The maximum recorded total length for this species is . ''L. rigida'' is olive brown dorsally. Additionally, two blackish dorsal st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liodytes Alleni
The striped crayfish snake (''Liodytes alleni'') is a species of semiaquatic North American snake in the family Colubridae. The species derives its common name from its principal prey, crayfish. This snake is also called Allen's snake, the striped swamp snake, the striped swampsnake, or simply the swamp snake. It is endemic to peninsular Florida. Although rarely seen due to its secretive behavior, it can be found in large numbers in wet areas, with densities approaching 1,300 snakes per hectare (525 snakes per acre). Etymology The specific name, ''alleni'', is in honor of American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen, who collected the type specimen. Description The striped crayfish snake is of "small medium" size, in total length (including tail), with a heavy body. The stripes which contribute to its common name are indistinct and located on the dark dorsal side. The ventral side is yellow with some dark spots. The dorsal scales, which are arranged in 19 rows at midbody, are smooth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pituophis Melanoleucus
''Pituophis melanoleucus'', commonly known as the pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized as being valid. Taxonomy and etymology The pine snake, ''Pituophis melanoleucus'', gets its Latin name from "melano" meaning black and "leucos" which means white. This is in reference to its black and white body. Three subspecies of ''Pituophis melanoleucus'' are currently recognized: the nominate subspecies ''P. m. melanoleucus'' ( Daudin, 1803), the northern pine snake; ''P. m. lodingi'' (Blanchard, 1924), the black pine snake; and ''P. m. mugitus'' ( Barbour, 1921), the Florida pine snake. The subspecific name ''lodingi'' is in honor of Danish-born amateur herpetologist Peder Henry Löding (1869-1942), who lived in Alabama. The species has a variety of common names, including: pine snake, pinesnake, common pine snake, bullsnake, black and white snake, car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Green Snake
''Opheodrys aestivus'', commonly known as the rough green snake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is sometimes called grass snake or green grass snake, but these names are more commonly applied to the smooth green snake (''Opheodrys vernalis''). The European colubrid called grass snake ('' Natrix natrix'') is unrelated. The rough green snake is docile, often allowing close approach by humans, and seldom bites. Even when bites occur, they have no venom and are harmless. Description The rough green snake (''Opheodrys aestivus'') is bright green above and has a yellowish belly, affording it excellent camouflage in green vegetation and making them difficult to see in the wild even though they are relatively common in their habitat. It has keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 17 rows at mid-body. It grows up to in total length (including tail) and is very thin. Geographic range The rough green snake ranges throughout the Southeastern United States, from Florida, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Water Snake
The brown water snake (''Nerodia taxispilota'') is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States. This snake is often one of the most abundant species of snakes found in rivers and streams of the southeastern United States, yet many aspects of its natural history is poorly known. Due to abundance and distribution throughout its biological range, this species could be used to investigate anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystems by studying their movements. '' Lycodonomorphus rufulus'' is sometimes also called the brown water snake, but ''L. rufulus'' is found in South Africa. Common names Its common names include brown water snake, water-pilot, aspic, false moccasin, great water snake, pied water snake, southern water snake, and water rattle. Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Assosciates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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