DFW HERPS |
Virginia valeriae |
Smooth Earth Snake |
SMOOTH EARTH SNAKE Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853 STATUS: Very rare DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Hood, Johnson, and Tarrant HABITAT: Western Cross Timbers, Fort Worth Prairie, and Trinity River Bottoms SUBSPECIES: Western Smooth Earth Snake (V. v. elegans Kennicott, 1859) COMMENTS: The western smooth earth snake is one of the rarest snakes of the Metroplex. |