Tropidoclonion

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Lined Snake

Texas Lined Snake
Tropidoclonion lineatus texanum

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Tropidoclonion
Species:	T. lineatum

Binomial name

Tropidoclonion lineatum
Hallowell, 1857

Tropidoclonion is a genus of small colubrid snakes known as lined snakes. There is a single species Tropidoclonion lineatum in the genus, with four subspecies.

1 Subspecies
2 Geographic range
3 Description
4 Behavior
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Subspecies

Central Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens (Ramsey, 1953)
Northern Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)
Merten's Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum mertensi (Smith, 1965)
Texas Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum (Ramsey, 1953)

[edit] Geographic range

Lined snakes are found throughout the central United States from Illinois to Texas. They prefer grassland areas with soft, moist soils.

[edit] Description

Lined snakes are olive green to brown with a distinctive tan or yellow stripe down its back from head to tail. They have a narrow head and small eyes. Adult size is typically less than 35 cm.

[edit] Behavior

Lined snakes are semi-fossorial, spending most of their time hiding under rocks, leaf litter, logs, or buried in the soil. The majority of their diet consists of earthworms.