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Northern Brown Snake

Storeria dekayi dekayi

Description:

This guy was resting in my brothers base ball glove and didn't mind being their. We put him in our garden to get rid of the grubs. Brown with black and gray dash/dots all over their skin.

Habitat:

Chebeague Island ME In my snake garden.


1 species ID suggestions

Northern brownsnake
Storeria dekayi dekayi Northern Brown Snake

9 Comments

chebeague7
chebeague7 a month ago

Thank you Aaron G I sometimes forget to change that.

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 7 months ago

Hi there. Since you know the identity of your organism, please go ahead and fill in the scientific name field. This allows the spotting to fully enter the database and become complete, letting groups and individuals use the data and find your spotting. It also takes the spotting off the "unidentified" list. Thank you!

Here's a great Project Noah blog entry that explains the spotting process:
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2870249...

chebeague7
chebeague7 a year ago

Thanks everyone!

Aaron_G
Aaron_G a year ago

Cameron, it looks like a brown because it is. :-) It's exhibiting a defensive posture and is puffing up its body.

harsuame
harsuame a year ago

Bellas escamas

CameronWhite
CameronWhite a year ago

Wow pattern looks exactly like a brown snake. Different head and way too big to be one though.

Aaron_G
Aaron_G a year ago

Sorry but I couldn't get you a Maine website, so I got the next state over. :-)

chebeague7
chebeague7 a year ago

Okay!

antaesthetic
antaesthetic a year ago

Looks like an Eastern Garter Snake. For some reason the website isn't letting me "Suggest an ID" though...

Maine, USA

Lat: 43.74, Long: -70.11

Spotted on May 5, 2012
Submitted on May 9, 2012

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