Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)

Created: December 8th, 2007 - 01:51 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: justin collins
Record 7652

Country: United States		State: District of Columbia	County: District of Columbia	Time: 2005-06-10 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: urban;overgrown abandoned lot
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

overgrown lot used to store asst. junk on grounds of st. elizabeth's hospital....several specimens found together under a.c./debris....would have to scan old film pics;scanner offline now.

Comments

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on Apr 23, 2014 at 05:17 AM

That reminds me of finding the same species under debris in the middle of Baltimore. Little snakes can make it in the city with a minimum of habitat.

Get the pics sometime - that'd be the only record we have of that species from DC.