Diadophis punctatus (Ringneck Snake)
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RINGNECK
SNAKE Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Brockdale Park area
near Lake Lavon and 1 mi S jct County Rd. 531 near County Rd. 525;
Dallas Co.: Seagoville
area, Belt Line Rd. in the Addison area, and Spring Creek area N of
Garland; Hood Co.:
4 mi N of Thorp Springs; Tarrant
Co.: 3.4 mi S of Axle and
Rivercrest Country Club; Wise
Co.: 3 mi N of Alvord and
Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin, Dallas,
Denton, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Trinity River Bottoms, and Blackland Prairie
SUBSPECIES: Prairie
Ringneck Snake (D. p. arnyi Kennicott, 1859)
COMMENTS: The prairie
ringneck snake is common in isolated pockets, but is rare over most of the
Metroplex.
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