Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
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BROWN
SNAKE Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1836)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 3 mi E of Wylie near
Lake Ray Hubbard; Dallas
Co.: 4 mi S of Wylie, gravel pits W of Carrollton, Skillman Ave.
at White Rock Creek, Mt. Creek Lake area, W of Cedar Hill, and Spring
Creek area N of Garland; Denton
Co.: .2 mi N of jct FM
455 on FM 372; Johnson Co.:
6.5 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67, 10.1 mi N of Tx 144 on US 67, 1.7
mi E of US 67 on Park Rd. 21; Kaufman Co.: 1.1
mi E of Tx 34 on Tx 243; Parker
Co.: 5 mi W of Lakeside
on FM 1886 and 3.5 mi W of US 377 on FM 2376;
Somervell Co.: 12.5
mi S of Park Rd. 21, .6 mi jct county Rd. 199 and county Rd. 200 on county
Rd. 407, 12.9 mi N of FM 933 on FM 174, and near jct
FM 51 on US 67; Tarrant
Co.: NW Arlington,
Rivercrest Country Club, and Lake Worth Park;
Wise Co.: Lyndon
B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant,
and Wise
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms, Cedar-limestone Hills, Blackland Prairie, Western Cross Timbers
SUBSPECIES: Texas
Brown Snake (S. d. texana Trapido, 1944) COMMENTS: The Texas brown snake is usually found along streams, creeks, and rivers of the Metroplex. This species is also found under rocks and railroad ties around residences in the Metroplex. |