Redbelly Snake
(Storeria occipitomaculata)
Storer, 1839
Genus
Storeria
Species
occipitomaculata
Subspecies
Northern (occipitomaculata)
Common Name
Northern Redbelly Snake
Other Names
Redbelly Snake, Red-Bellied Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Lowest Conservation Concern: P5
taxa that are demonstrably secure, with size of population stable/increasing, geographical distribution stable/expanding, population trend/population viability stable/increasing, relatively limited habitat vulnerability due to natural/human caused factors, or an unusual visitor to the state. No specific monitoring or conservation action needed.
Taxon
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata — CROTHER et al. 2012
Coluber occipito-maculata STORER 1839: 230
Tropidonotus occipito-maculatus STORER 1839: 230 (fide GARMAN 1884: 30)
Tropidonotus occipito-maculatus — HOLBROOK 1842:55
Tropidonotus leberis — HOLBROOK 1842: 49
Storeria occipito-maculata — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 137
Tropidonotus leberis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 579
Ischnognathus occipitomaculatus — GÜNTHER 1858:81
Storeria occipitomaculata — YARROW 1883: 129
Tropidonotus leberis — GARMAN 1884: 27
Storeria occipitomaculata — GARMAN 1884: 30
Ischnognathus occipitomaculatus — BOULENGER 1893: 287
Storeria occipito-maculata — CONANT 1938
Storeria occipitomaculata — STEBBINS 1985: 198
Storeria occipitomaculata — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 163
Storeria occipitomaculata obscura — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 164
Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 164
Storeria occipitomaculata — CROTHER et al. 2012
Storeria occipitomaculata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 690
Subspecies
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (STORER 1839)
Coluber occipito-maculata STORER 1839: 230
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata — CROTHER 2000
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 51
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata — ERNST 2002
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata — CROTHER et al. 2012
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 15 rows (midbody). A divided anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudial scales. Two preocular scales (unlike the Dekay’s (Storeria Dekayi) that has one preocular scale).
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