Storeria

ochrophaeus, n = 14, Cortland Co.; Plethodon cinereus, n = 20, Cortland Co.; P glutinosus, n = 11, Allegany Co.) and from two species of snakes (Storeria dekayi, n = 5, Onondaga Co.; S.

minor); and six species of snakes (Elaphe obsoleta, Storeria dekayi, Storeria occipitomaculata, Thamnophis sauritus, Virginia striatula, and Agkistradon contortrix).

getulus), northern redbellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata), and western fox snake (Elaphe vulpina).

The three reptiles that were significantly more abundant in Pine than Burn (Carphophis amoenus, Storeria dekayi and Thamnophis sirtalis) prefer relatively moist and/or cool microenvironments (Behler and King, 1988; Conant and Collins, 1991); in particular, C.

The small natricine Storeria dekayi is the only species of the paleoherpetofauna that might be considered extralimital as it is not documented today in Stonewall County (Dixon 1987).

Ambystoma laterale has been recorded in nearby Lucas County, Ohio (Kraus, 1985b; Pfingsten and Downs, 1989), but Storeria occipitomaculata is absent from all Ohio counties bordering Lake Erie (Conant, 1951).

Burt (1927) reported spending considerable time along Wildcat Creek, and several species that currently occupy wooded slopes along streams (Storeria dekayi, Carphophis vermis, Nerodia sipedon and Thamnophis sirtalis) were reported by Burt to be more common than we found them to be in 1993.

0 1 1 0.11 Ophisaurus ventralis 0 1 1 0.11 Storeria dekayi 4 0 4 0.45 Farancia abacura 3 0 3 0.33 Coluber constrictor 0 10 10 1.11 Lampropeltis getula 0 1 1 0.11 Tantilla coronata 3 0 3 0.33 Agkistrodon piscivorous 1 7 8 0.89 Mammalia Sorex longirostrus 10 0 10 1.11 Blarina carolinensis 32 2 34 3.79 Cryptotis parva 3 2 5 0.56 Sylvilagus palustris 1 0 1 0.11 Oryzomys palustris 1 0 1 0.11 Reithrodontomys humulis 3 0 3 0.33 Peromyscus sp.

Determinants of offspring number and size in the brown snake, Storeria dekayi.

Dekay's Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi) Brownsnakes are common in the area, though the only observation of a specimen associated with the preserve was a DOR specimen found on 26 October 2005.

Within a week of the burn the emaciated carcasses of a neonate massasauga and a brown snake (Storeria dekayi dekayi) were found in the burn unit.

You have captured something fascinating: a juvenile milk-snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) trying to consume what appears to be an adult Northern brown or DeKay's snake (Storeria dekayi).

We report new records for at least 5 species of reptiles (including Hem idac-tylus turcicus, Diadophus punctatus, Storeria dekayi, Scincella lateralis.

That leaves, as possibilities, the following snake species: red-bellied (Storeria occipitomaculata), DeKay's (Storeria dekayi), eastern ribbon (Thamnophis sauritus), western ribbon (77 proximus), garter (Thamnophis sirtalis), black rat (Elaphe obsolete), rough green (Opheodrys aestivus), racer (Coluber constrictor), ringneck (Diadophis punctatus), common king (Lampropeltis getula), milk, (L.

New species documented on the preserve were the Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor), Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis), Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata), and Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum).