Storeria occipitomaculata

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Storeria occipitomaculata
Redbelly Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.jpg
Redbelly snake

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Storeria
Species:
S. occipitomaculata
Binomial name
Storeria occipitomaculata
(Storer, 1839)
Storeria occipitomaculata map.svg
Synonyms
  • Coluber occipitomaculatus
    Storer, 1839
  • Storeria occipitomaculata
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Ischnognathus occipitomaculatus
    Günther, 1858

Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the redbelly snake, is a species of snake endemic to North America.

Subspecies[]

Three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.

  • Florida redbelly snakeStoreria occipitomaculata obscura (, 1944)
  • Northern redbelly snakeStoreria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839)
  • Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae (H.M. Smith, 1963)

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