Habitat is loblolly/hardwood uplands with creeks. This snake was about 1.5 feet long, and I found it alongside a sometimes-wet creek.
Is this not a Storeria dekayi (Texas Brown Snake)? I am in Georgia and it doesn't look like our typical brown snakes here. Apparently my Jack Russell Terrier stepped on it before she saw it because it nailed her a couple of times in the neck before she killed it. My terrier is acting fine so whatever it is apparently isn't dangerous.
October 22 2006
This unfortunate snake got mangled by the mowers at our park. He was about 6 inches long.
Storeria dekayi, commonly known as the brown snake or De Kay's snake, is a small species of colubrid snake.
