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Keeled scales differentiate the rough earth snake from the similar smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae), as well as from the wormsnake. V. striatula is most likely to be confused with De Kay's brown snake (Storeria dekayi), which is a little larger and is light brown with dark markings on the back and neck. Unlike the rough earth snake, De ...
Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766) - rough earth snake (now placed by many into the genus Haldea) Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard , 1853 - smooth earth snake Geographic range
Opheodrys aestivus, commonly known as the rough green snake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is sometimes called grass snake or green grass snake , but these names are more commonly applied to the smooth green snake ( Opheodrys vernalis ).
Earth snake may refer to the following genera: Geophis; Haldea, a m on notypic genus in the Colubridae with its sole representative, the rough earth snake, Haldea striatula; It may also refer to the following species: Smooth earth snake, Virginia valeriae
Rough earth snake (Virginia striatula) Smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) MT This snake has enlarged grooved teeth near the back of the upper jaw and secretes a mildly toxic saliva to incapacitate its prey. However, it is not considered dangerous to humans.
Eastern smooth earthsnake Virginia valeriae valeriae; Family: Elapidae. Harlequin coralsnake Micrurus fulvius (V) Family: Viperidae. Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix (V) Northern cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus (V) Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus (V) Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus (V)
Virginia striatula—rough earth snake; V. valeriae—smooth earth snake; Venomous snakes. Agkistrodon contortrix—copperhead; A. piscivorus—cottonmouth or water moccasin; Crotalus atrox—western diamond-back rattlesnake; C. horridus—timber rattlesnake; C. viridis—prairie rattlesnake; Sistrurus catenatus—western massasauga rattlesnake
Rough earth snake: Virginia valeriae elegans: Western earth snake: Farancia abacura reinwardtii: Western mud snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Eastern hognose snake: Pantherophis spiloides: Gray ratsnake: Pituophis catenifer sayi: Bullsnake: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: Northern pine snake: Tropidoclonion lineatum: Lined snake