Graham's Crayfish Snake
(Regina grahami)
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Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahami) |
Color Photographs: U.S. Forest Service
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Regina alleni The Glossy Crayfish Water Snake has a shiny or glossy appearance. The Striped Crayfish Snake is restricted to peninsular Florida in contrast to the Mississippi drainage range of Graham's Crayfish Snake.
Regina rigida The Glossy Crayfish Water Snake has a shiny or glossy appearance. In addition The Glossy Crayfish Water Snake is a stouter, shorter species. Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahami) Identification: Snake 18 to 47 inches in length. Plain matte gray to matte brown in color dorsally. Midline sometimes with faint black lines. Lower lateral side of body with a yellow stripe. Belly yellow to yellow-white, sometimes with a series of black spots running down the midline of the belly. Scales keeled and anal plate divided. Geograpical Variation: None Range (see map below left): This species is found primarily in the drainage of the Mississippi River from Louisiana in the south to southern Illinois in the north. It is also found in the eastern Great Plains from eastern Nebraska in the north to central Texas in the south. Habitat: Graham's Crayfish Snake is found almost entirely in aquatic habitats such as ponds, lakes, slow running streams, and ditches. Food: Crayfish; secondarily frogs and snails. Behavior: This species is seldom seen and is nocturnal through most of the summer months. This snake is sometimes seen basking on tree branches hanging over the water. Reproduction: Young are born alive ranging in number from 6 to 39. The young arrive from July to September.
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Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahami)
Similar Species: Striped Crayfish Snake (Regina alleni) Glossy Crayfish Water Snake (Regina rigida)
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