Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Colubrinae Higher classification Rhadinaea Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Genus Rhadinaea Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Rhadinaea, Glossy crayfish snake, Southeastern crown snake, Seminatrix, Farancia erytrogramma | ||
Pine woods snake
The pine woods snake (Rhadinaea flavilata), also commonly known as the yellow-lipped snake or the brown-headed snake, is a species of secretive colubrid found in scattered locations across the Southeastern United States. Rhadinaea flavilata is rear-fanged and mildly-venomous, but not usually dangerous to humans.
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Pine woods snake
Description
R. flavilata is a small reddish brown to yellowish brown snake with a whitish to yellowish, unmarked underside. A dark stripe runs through the eye. The upper labial scales (lip scales) are a whitish or pale yellow color which led to its other common name, the yellow-lipped snake.
Pine woods snakes average between 10 and 13 inches (25–33 cm) in total length (including tail) at adult size.
Geographic range
The pine woods snake is known from scattered localities in coastal North Carolina and South Carolina, most of peninsular Florida, and small portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana.
Habitat
Pine woods snakes are found in damp woodlands, under bark and in rotten logs and stumps.
Diet
R. flavilata feed on small frogs and lizards.
Reproduction
Pine woods snakes lay eggs.
