Ringneck Snake
Diadophis punctatus
Photo by ME Dorcas
Description: The ringneck snake gets its name from the distinctive, light yellow or orange ring around the neck.
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Description: Adults to about 16½" in length. Color uniform olive, bluish gray, to slate gray; underside bright yellow to orange, with numerous black spots, changing to red or reddish orange on tail.
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
These distinctive, docile small snakes are most often found under logs searching for prey such as earthworms and salamanders. You won't find them hanging from bushes! ...
Ringneck Snake
Diadophis punctatus
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Status No status assigned in Minnesota. Description This is a small Minnesota species that ranges from 10 - 15 inches in length (Conant and Collins, 1991).
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
No photo of the Ringneck Snake available.
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
Northern ringneck Southern ringneck ...
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus ssp.)
Snake.DiadophisPunctatus History
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Western Ringneck Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Ringneck Snake (D. punctatus edwardsii)
Regal Ringneck Snake (D. punctatus regalis) ...
Ringneck snakes mate in spring and sometimes in fall. The females lay an average of four eggs in early summer in a nest. The eggs hatch within eight weeks. Young are 4 to 6 inches long. At times, several females lay their eggs in one nest.
Food ...
Northern Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
DESCRIPTION: 10-27 11/16" (25.4-70.6 cm). A small slender snake, with a golden-yellow neck ring. Back gray, olive, or brownish, sometimes approaching black.
Northern Ringneck Snake
Scientific Name: Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Size: 12-15 inches (25.4-38 cm) in length
PA Status: Abundant ...
Ringneck snakes prefer moist woodlands as their habitat. This is also habitat for an important prey item, redback salamanders. Although salamanders make up the bulk of their diet, ringnecks will also feed on earthworms, insects and, on occasion, fish.
The Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus) is a colubrid snake species. It is found throughout much of the United States, central Mexico, and south eastern Canada.
Mississippi Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus stictogenys
GENUS Sonora
Ground Snake - Sonora semiannulata ...
Cauterizing a Ringneck snake (Tucker Co.) Katie helping me cauterize a Gartersnake (Tucker Co.)
Measuring a snake at one of my sites (Tucker Co.) Taking a break to capture some of beautiful WV with
my camera (Dolly Sods, Tucker Co.) ...
Northern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Description: 9 13/16 - 15 ¾" (25 - 40 cm). Slate gray to black dorsum with smooth scales. Golden ring behind head. Belly is bright yellow to red with some black spots possible.
northern ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
northern scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea copei)
northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouchitensis ouchitensis)
queen snake (Regina septemvittata) ...
The Zoo is also home to many reptiles, including black rat snakes, garter snakes, eastern painted turtles, DeKay’s snakes, red-eared sliders, and ringneck snakes.
Known predators include ringneck snakes, common kingsnakes, deer mice, long-tailed weasels, domestic cats, California thrashers, American robins, and loggerhead shrikes.
eastern hognose snake
Mississippi ringneck snake
northern scarlet snake
pine woods snake
rough green snake ...
Similar species within the Wisconsin range are the prairie ringneck snake (differs by black spots on yellow to orange belly, and yellow ring encircles neck), and the northern redbelly snake (differs by having keeled scales).
green snakes, ringneck snakes, crowned snakes, and other coral snakes). Frogs and rodents rarely eaten. Diurnal predaceous birds (American kestrels, hawks, shrikes) known to depredate.
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Rattlesnake, Green Snake
  
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