Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined Snake)
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LINED
SNAKE Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 3 mi E of Blue Ridge
on FM 981 and 5 mi E of jct of Tx 78 on FM 941;
Dallas Co.: North
Lake area, Valley View Lane near Tx 114, Cockrell Hill area, Mansfield Rd.
E of Cedar Hill, .5 mi S of I-20 on Florina Rd., prairie area near Oates
and I-635 N of Mesquite, Dallas Nature Center W of Duncanville, Spring
Creek area N of Garland, and jct of Castle and Merrit Rds;
Ellis Co.: N
shore of Lake Bardwell; Johnson
Co.: .3 mi S of Park Rd.
21 on US 67 and 1.5 mi N of jct of US 377 on Tx 171;
Kaufman Co.: 1.8
mi S of I-20 on FM 429; Parker
Co.: 4 mi S of Aledo; Somervell Co.: 10.1
mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67 and 6.8 mi NE of Tx 144 on US 67;
Tarrant Co.: residencial
area in NW Arlington, Rocky Creek Park at Benbrook Lake, .5 mi E of Eagle
Mt. Lake dam, and Benbrook-Aledo Rd;
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: Fort Worth
Prairie, Western Cross Timbers, Eastern Cross Timbers, Mesquite Grand
Prairie, Cedar-limestone Hills, and Blackland Prairie
COMMENTS: This species
in most commonly found in prairie areas. |