Stats

Lifespan

3-7 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Slithering

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

This small, nonvenomous snake lives in the damp leaf litter of Florida and Georgia. It specializes in eating slugs and snails by using its teeth to pull them from their shells.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   hatchling

   A miniature snake emerges from the egg or from its mother (live-bearers), already venomous or strong-coiled in some species.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A juvenile sheds its skin, grows quickly, and hunts smaller prey than the adults.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult length and pattern.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Storeria

Species

Storeria victa