Gulf crayfish snake
Appearance
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Gulf crayfish snake | |
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Regina rigida sinicola in Texas | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Liodytes |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. r. sinicola
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Trinomial name | |
Liodytes rigida sinicola (Huheey, 1959)
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Synonyms | |
Natrix rigida sinicola Huheey, 1959 |
The Gulf crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida sinicola) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake endemic to the southeastern United States.
Description
[edit]It averages 20 inches (51 cm) when fully grown, with a record of 31.5 inches (80 cm). Its color is best described as chocolate brown.
Diet
[edit]This subspecies feeds almost entirely on crayfish.
Taxonomy
[edit]Close relatives of the Gulf crayfish snake are the glossy crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida rigida) and the Delta crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida deltae).
Further reading
[edit]- Huheey, James E. 1959. Distribution and Variation in the Glossy Water Snake, Natrix rigida (Say). Copeia 1959 (4): 303–311. (Natrix rigida sinicola)