Rondeau Ric

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, April 11, 2021. Unfortunately I usually see these dead on the road. I saw this one as I was bike riding and moved it off the road. Storeria dekayi

Little brown snake. , a photo by ricmcarthur on Flickr. Yes another snake photo. This time it is a little brown or Dekay’s snake, that was on the road. My wife picked it up and brought it to the visitors centre for identification. Anne had thought it might be a hog nosed snake, which is endangered and rare in the park. As it turned out it was the little brown. This is a fully grown adult. The snake was returned to the location it was found at, but off the road. Scientific stuff: 23-33 cm; record 49.2 cm light grey-brown to red-brown two rows of spots along light coloured stripe on back rows of spots may be joined by narrow lines dark downward bar on side of head juveniles have three yellowish spots on neck belly cream or pinkish scales keeled; anal scale divided gives birth to live young Not at risk Storeria dekayi