Glossy crayfish snake

Glossy crayfish snake

Taxobox
name = Glossy crayfish snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Regina"
species = "R. rigida"
subspecies = "R. rigida rigida"
binomial = "Regina rigida rigida"

The Glossy crayfish snake ("Regina rigida rigida") is a non-venomous shiny, dark aquatic snake, usually measuring 14-24 inches (36-61 cm). Its color can be described as brown to olive-brown. The species feeds almost entirely on crayfish.

A close relative of the glossy crayfish snake is the gulf crayfish snake ("Regina rigida sinicola").

= Location = The glossy crayfish snake is found in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States from eastern North Carolina to eastern Texas but is absent from the southern portion of peninsular Florida.

External links

* http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/regrig.htm
* http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Reginarrigida.htm
* http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=030035


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