Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula)

13 March 2016
Avondale Park
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Observed a small Rough Earth Snake measuring between 6-7 inches in length next to Avondale Park. It looked like it had had some encounters with unknown forces by the marks on its dorsal skin but the abrasions did not impair it apparently or had not torn through past its surface skin. Eventually it went off into the moist leaf litter next to where it was observed.