Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
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MUD
SNAKE Farancia abacura (Holbrook, 1836)
STATUS: Very Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Denton
Co.: .2 mi W of Trinity
River on US 380
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas
and Denton
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms
SUBSPECIES: Western
Mud Snake (F. a. reinwardtii Schlegel, 1837)
COMMENTS: The fact
that the western mud snake very rarely leaves its habitat of swampy areas
makes it difficult to find.
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