Striped Crayfish Snake
(Regina alleni)
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Striped Crayfish Snake (Regina alleni) |
Color Photograph: U.S. Geological Survey
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Regina grahami Graham's Crayfish Snake is found in the drainage of the Mississippi River and not in Florida. It is a matte brown to gray species without the shiny appearance of the Striped Crayfish Snake. It scales are keeled.
Regina rigida The Glossy Crayfish Snake has the same shiny appearance. However it is a much stouter snake and the scales are keeled.
Thamnophis species Several species of Garter Snakes (genus Thamnophis) are superficially similar. However all of these species, for example the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), have keeled scales and undivided anal plates. Striped Crayfish Snake (Regina alleni) Identification: Snake 13 to 25 inches in length. A lined snake. A shiny snake with dark gray-brown and yellow lines running the length of the body. The sequence of lines is a dorsal gray-brown line margined by a yellow line, followed by another gray-brown line in the middle of the lateral side of the snake, completed by the yellow belly. Belly plain yellow to orange brown, sometimes with scattered dark blotches. Scales smooth (except for the tail and in the anal region) and anal plate divided. Geographical Variation: None. Range (see map on left): This species occurs throughout peninsular Florida and northward into extreme southern Georgia. Habitat: The Striped Crayfish Snake is found in a variety of aquatic habitats included marshes, canals, shallow lakes and ponds, and bogs. Food: Crayfish. Behavior: The Striped Crayfish Snake is almost completely aquatic and is found hunting its prey in mats of aquatic vegetation. Reproduction: This species bears its young alive and produces between 6 and 34 young. Young are born throughout the summer months.
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Striped Crayfish Snake
Similar Species: Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahami) Glossy Crayfish Snake (Regina rigida) Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) |
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