Whitish dorsum of head brown to gray to black, although anteriormost portions brown 3Ĭream to orange spots on neck, 1 mid-dorsally and 1 on each side in some individuals these Venter, in these individuals red color reduced to a narrow stripe along midventral lineĪbout one-half to three-fourths the width of ventral scales anterior portion of venter Venter on each side forming what may appear as 2 dark stripes along lateral margins of Spots venter immaculate red, rarely yellowish dark-gray pigmentation occupies 20-25% of On each side scales on row 2 may be edged white-these appear as stripes or small white Stripes a middorsal stripe of tan to black outlined by narrow, dark stripes on scale row 7 Scales contain varying amounts of black flecking-the amount of black determines amount ofīrown visible dark-gray specimens have gray scales with abundant black flecking blackįlecking on these snakes may be concentrated in lateral and dorsal areas where it forms thin Light brown, dark gray, or black with some indication of 2 or 4 thin black stripes body Temporal scales usually 1+2/1+2 (86.8%, n = 38) or combinations of 1-3 (13.2%).Ĭoloration and Pattern: Dorsum of body and tail = 40) or combinations of 5-7 (20.0%) loreal scale absent preoculars 2/2 postoculars 2/2 =ġ62.4 ± 7.4, n = 42) dorsal scales keeled, scale rows 15 at midbody anal plate divided In this study, tail length/total length was 11.8-26.3% Maximum known snout-vent length (SVL) is 295 mm (11.6 inches) and maximum total length isģ81 mm (15.0 inches). Maximum total length of 406 mm (16.0 inches) (Conant and Collins, 1991). The Official List of Species Names in Zoology. Nomenclature to officially suppress Coluber leberis and add the name S. Girard, Smith and Huheey (1960b) petitioned the International Commission on Zoological occipitomaculata had been stable since its description by Baird Scientific name of the Red-bellied Snake. The Queensnake ( Regina septemvittata), was actually that of a Storeria Stejneger and Barbour (1917) and Smith and Huheey (1960a) determined that the originalĭescription of Coluber leberis linnaeus, 1758, used by Baird and Girard (1853) for Except for this variation, the name has been stable since 1853. Several earlier authors (e.g., Dunn, 1936 Trapido, 1944)įollowed the original description and hyphenated the specific name. Occipito-maculatus by David Humphreys Storer in 1839, based on a specimen fromĪmherst, Massachusetts. Systematics: Originally described as Coluber
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