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The eastern worm snake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus) is a subspecies of nonvenomous colubrid endemic to the Eastern United States.Carphophis amoenus amoenus or the eastern worm snake can be found east of the Mississippi, from southwest Massachusetts south to southern Alabama west to Louisiana and then north to Illinois. This species of snake protects a large range, and normally prefers a moist habitat in the rocky woodlands, under rotten wood of logs and stumps. Though this snake...

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