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Ground Snake

Sonora semiannulata

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A super variable species, they can be solid brown, solid orange, or any combination of the two colors with stripes or bands. These two are pretty similar: brown body with orange dorsal stripe. This species doesn't get big at all, adults are around a foot in length.

Habitat:

Found under a rock near a small creek in a mostly mixed-grass prairie area.

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Western ground snake

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PublishedAugust 21, 2015

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