i found a little snake slithering about in my grass one day as i was mowing the lawn, it has dark red base with brown/black stripes down the length of its back. its only about a foot long and ONLY eats earth worms. i assumed it was a corn snake but i cant find any pics of snakes that look similar. ANYBODY HAVE A CLUE?
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Snake in North Carolina
mysterysnake
Mar 03, 2005 10:07 AM
Replies (5)
Greg Longhurst
Mar 03, 2005 04:55 PM
Couldn't be a corn. They are not striped (from the wild) & do not eat earthworms. Most likely candidate is Storeria o.occipitomaculata, the northern red-bellied snake.
~~Greg~~
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guttersnacks
Mar 03, 2005 05:33 PM
Whereabouts in NC do you live? Im in Va and I'd like to see it if you live close to the eastern shore.
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Tom
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mysterysnake
Mar 04, 2005 07:09 AM
i live in charlotte, not too close to the coast
mysterysnake
Mar 04, 2005 10:21 AM
i figured out what kind of snake it is, its a northern brown snake. i realized i didnt describe it exactly right... anyway, here is a pic that i found of it
Greg Longhurst
Mar 04, 2005 10:52 AM
Your description was a tad off. The red-bellied & the brown are different species of the same genus.
~~Greg~~
