Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
| Florida redbelly snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Storeria |
| Species: | S. occipitomaculata |
| Subspecies: | S. o. obscura |
| Trinomial name | |
| Storeria occipitomaculata obscura (Trapido, 1944) | |
Storeria occipitomaculata obscura, the Florida redbelly snake, is a snake that ranges from the northern peninsula to southern Florida. If you want to find one look in pinelands, bogs, marshes, ponds,and swamps. They will grow to be 8-10 inches (the largest being 16 inches). They look similar to the ring-necked snake (because of the redbelly and the ring around its neck) but you can distinguish them because Florida redbelly snake has a stripe down its back and it's brown while the ring-necked snake has no stripe and is gray.
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