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Basic information
Storeria dekayi
(Dekay’s) Brown Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusAmerican Brown Snakes
- English name
- (Dekay’s) Brown Snake
- Alternative names
- Brown Snake, Brownsnake, Culebra Parda, De Kay's Brown Snake, Dekay's Brown Snake, Dekay's Brownsnake, Florida Brown Snake, Gewöhnliche Braunnatter, Marsh Brown Snake, Midland Brown Snake, Nördliche Braunnatter, Northern Brown Snake, Texas Brown Snake
- Synonyms
- Coluber dekayi, Storeria dekayi temporalineata, Storeria dekayi texana, Storeria dekayi var. anomala, Storeria dekayi wrightorum, Storeria tropica, Storeria tropica limnetes, Tropidonotus dekayi
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Anthropogenic, Chaparral, City, Forest, Grassland, Marsh, Savanna, Scrubland, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 527 mm
- SVL
- max 230 mm
- Body mass
- max 34.2 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~0.5 g
- Offspring total length
- max 85 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 7 years
- Activity
- Diurnal, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Amphibians, Arthropods, Carnivore, Insects, Invertivore, Molluscivore, Mollusks, Worms
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 23.8–27 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–41 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6ZWD9 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 18982 · dryad-v5