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SNAKES Flashcards

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Scientific name of Northern Scarletsnake

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Cemophora coccinea

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Name distinguishing traits

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  1. red or orange INCOMPLETE bands
  2. pure white ventral side no pattern
  3. entire anal plate if you care
  4. smooth shiny scale
  5. black bands bordered by red. white between black
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Scientific name of Eastern Yellow Belly

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Coluber constrictor

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Traits of Easter Yellow Belly

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  1. no pattern on ventral or dorsal side
  2. baby different from adults
  3. Blueish in Missouri and in our specimen jar.
  4. smooth scale/ divided anal plate
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Scientific name of Eastern Coachwhip

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Coluber flagellum

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Traits of Eastern Coachwhip

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  1. looks worn out
    very very veyr long and fast
  2. eggplant purple tones 2/3rd way of the body, lightens up bottom 1/3rd
  3. smooth scale/ divided anal plate
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Scientific name of Great Plains Rattlesnake

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Pantherophis emoryi

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Traits of Great plains rattlesnake

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1 ARROWHEAD marking on its head points FORWARD towards snout (dorsal view)
2. bands going through the eyes
3. dorsal spots outlines in black
4. small lateral blotches between bigger ones
5. light grey/ground color. dark dorsal spots ALL way down the Back

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Scientific name of Western Rattlesnake

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Pantherophis obsoletus

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Traits of Western Ratsnake (squeak)

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  1. shiny black dorsum
  2. weakly keeled scales
  3. worn out look
  4. WHITE UPPER LIP, CHIN, AND NECK
  5. patterns when its a baby
  6. adult: sometimes pattern or complete black
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Scientific name of Eastern Foxsnake EFS

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Pantherophis vulpinus

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Traits of EFS Eastern Foxsnake

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  1. nor markings on head AT ALL
  2. ground color/more usual yellow head/golden
  3. lateral splotches
  4. weekly keeled scale
    “No” specimen in lab
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Scientific name of Prairie Kingsnake

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Lampropeltis calligaster

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Traits of Prairie Kingsnake

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  1. ARROWHEAD pointing BACKWARDS to its body (back to the prairie!)
  2. big dorsal blotches w lateral blotches
  3. smooth shiny scales
  4. THIN DARK MARKINGS ON HEAD
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Scientific name of Speckled Kingsnake

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Lampropeltis holbrooki

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Traits of SPeckled Kingsnake

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  1. dark ground color scales with YELLOW/CREAM spot in middle of EVERY scale!
  2. upperlabial scales are yellow, separated by dark bars
  3. half moon markings on ventral side
  4. spike tail
  5. occasionally, yellow markings look like crossbars
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Scientific name of Eastern Milksnake

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Lampropeltis triangulum

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Traits of Eastern Milksnake

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Red black and white
2. CHECKERBOARD ventral side
3. dorsal blotches red surrounded by black
4. snout is SAME COLOR as ground white color
5. white ground color between splotches

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Scientific name of Northern Rough Greensnake

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Opheodrys aestivus

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Traits of Northern Rough Greensnake

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  1. very skinny very long noodle
  2. aka pencil snake/spaghetti
  3. solid green but ventral side is solid white/cream
  4. thinner than coachwhips
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Scientific name of Bullsnake

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Pituophis catenifer

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Traits of BULLSNAKE

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  1. large protruding nostral scale
  2. HISS A LOT!!!
  3. Strongly keeled scaless (very rough not shiny)
  4. darker splotches on head region and tail regions
  5. dark bar near eye to the jaw.
  6. ground color earth tones with dark splotches.
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scientific name of Variable Groundsnake

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Sonora semiannulata

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Traits of Variable Groundsnake

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  1. smooth and patternless ventral surface UNTIL THE TAIL
  2. tail underside has double traverse dark bars
  3. smooth scales
  4. IN MISSOURI look red with black small bands between red.
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scientific name of Flat-headed Snake

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Tantilla gracilis

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Traits of Flat-headed Snake

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  1. tiny tiny
  2. salmon pink tummy!!!
  3. flat heads
  4. head darker than rest of body
  5. smooth scale
  6. rest of body Light tan/brown
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scientific name of Mississippi Green Watersnake

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Nerodia cyclopion

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Traits of Mississippi Green Watersnake

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“no” speciment in lab look at picture
1. greenish brown ground color
2. olive/brown markings no pattern tho
3. EXTRA ROW OF SUBOCULAR SCALES hard to see
4. half moon markings on VENTRAL side (not that helpful)

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Scientific name of Plain-Bellied Waternsnake

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Nerodia erythrogaster

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Traits of Plain Bellied Watersnake

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  1. no dorsal pattern
    2.solid color dorsal side dark coloration
  2. cream/offwhite VENTRAL side with no pattern
  3. extremely plain lol
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Scientific name of Broad-banded Watersnake

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Nerodia fasciata

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Traits of Broad-band Watersnake

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  1. Thick broad bands
  2. irregular dark brown/black/copper blotches on back
  3. blotches narrower on side
  4. ventral side yellow/tan belly marked
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Scientific name of Diamond-backed Watersnake

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Nerodia rhombifer

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Traits of Diamond-backed Watersnake

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  1. mature adults have traingular head
  2. chainlink pattern NOT RINGS
  3. dark brown color

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