Rough Earth Snake
Rough Earth Snake ~ Virginia striatula
Genus: Virginia
Species: striatula
Adult body length: 7 - 13 inches
Body length at birth: 3 - 8 inches
Breeding period: June - July
Young per year: 2 - 13 young per year
Typical foods: Earthworms, slugs, small insects, and amphibians
Habitat: wooded areas
Can be found: from Virginia, south to Florida, west to Texas, and north again to Missouri
Short description: non-venomous, no neck, rounded head, typical, weekly keeled scales, rounded pupils
General description:
The Rough Earth Snake is a small snake. It is
rarely seen for it hides under dead leaves and
other debris. It is a harmless non-venomous
snake. Its body coloration is brown, grey, or a
reddish color. Its belly is normally a white cream
to grey color. The juvenile look like the adults. This
snake is normallu found in woded areas, in tree
stumped and rotted logs. It shape help it burrow
down into the ground, where it feeds on insects,
earthworms, slugs, and amphibians.
November 13 2007 07:23 pm