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Storeria occipitomaculata
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- Kevin Messenger
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Kinda lame photo, but here it is anyhow. Found 3/21/11. I often see these earlier in the spring in my backyard. Next one I find, I will get a lip-flaring photo.
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Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
This one is actually an Orange-bellied Snake
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we should add natural history discussions to these species specific posts...
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One of my favorite finds of this abundant critter
Found together under tin. Horry Co., SC. I got very lucky with this shot.
Found together under tin. Horry Co., SC. I got very lucky with this shot.
Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
A grey morph from Liberty Co., FL. I thought it was a ring neck when I took this shot 7 years ago.
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Red-bellied Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
AHS 2006 Spring Field Trip / Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Redbelly Snake by kaptainkory, on Flickr
Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
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Awesome Picture!! Wish these little guys weren't so uncommon around my area.
Awesome Picture!! Wish these little guys weren't so uncommon around my area.
Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
Awesome photos.
I only have this one lousy scanned slide, but I'm proud of it because it is from SE Texas where red-bellieds are tough to find.
Not only do dekayi outnumber red-bellieds thousands to one (it seems), but our red-bellieds aren't red-bellied and our dekayi are highly variable.
Which makes East TX red-bellieds are very easy to overlook. When you find a Red-bellied Snake in SE Texas, it's a memorable day!
I only have this one lousy scanned slide, but I'm proud of it because it is from SE Texas where red-bellieds are tough to find.
Not only do dekayi outnumber red-bellieds thousands to one (it seems), but our red-bellieds aren't red-bellied and our dekayi are highly variable.
Which makes East TX red-bellieds are very easy to overlook. When you find a Red-bellied Snake in SE Texas, it's a memorable day!
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Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
Redbellies are not common in southeast Ohio -- I've seen less than 10 in 10+ years of herping here. There's one site where I've seen 4 of them; otherwise it's a matter of sifting through hundreds of ringnecks and Dekay's... Here's a few:
May 2004
August 2004
Same snake as above.
June 2005
June 2009
Same snake as above.
May 2011
Same snake as above.
May 2004
August 2004
Same snake as above.
June 2005
June 2009
Same snake as above.
May 2011
Same snake as above.
Re: Storeria occipitomaculata
Great idea John, Both Storeria are very under-appreciated snakes.
I don't have any photos, but I do have a natural history anecdote. Over the last three summers in Ohio, I've worked in the same field (the mesocosm field John V knows). For the first two summers we frequently saw milk snakes, but rarely S. occipitomaculata or S. dekayi. Last summer we saw no milk snakes, but lots of both Storeria. I've wondered if the disappearance of the predator (milksnakes) led to the increase in the prey (Storeria). I'm looking forward to seeing what snakes are there this summer.
I don't have any photos, but I do have a natural history anecdote. Over the last three summers in Ohio, I've worked in the same field (the mesocosm field John V knows). For the first two summers we frequently saw milk snakes, but rarely S. occipitomaculata or S. dekayi. Last summer we saw no milk snakes, but lots of both Storeria. I've wondered if the disappearance of the predator (milksnakes) led to the increase in the prey (Storeria). I'm looking forward to seeing what snakes are there this summer.