Southern Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus)

Created: January 5th, 2009 - 02:06 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: John Hewlett
Record 21266

Country: United States		State: Kentucky	County: Trigg County	Time: 2008-10-05 00:00:00
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Comments

Posted by Phil Peak on Dec 31, 2009 at 05:01 PM

John,

I believe your southern ringnecks are actually Mississippi ringnecks, Diadophis punctatus stictogenys. That is the common ringneck snake of the Jackson Purchase region.