I know I'm really late to the game here (months!), but I lived and herped in Harris County a lot when I was younger. I found hundreds of Storeria and found that both subspecies occur in the county and intergrade there. On the north side of the county they are more likely to be texana while on the south sides they are limnetes.

That Red-bellied Snake is a really significant find! AFAIK, there are NO records of that species in Harris County and that is one of the best herped counties in Texas. Red-bellieds are very spottily distributed in east TX as it is and often overlooked because they often don't have red bellies.

Roughly where in the county did you find it? (I assume in the northern or eastern parts?)

Do you still have the snake?
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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