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Scientific Name
Storeria dekayi dekayi
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Storeria dekayi dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)
Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park (VAFO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
northern brown snake
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Infraorder | Alethinophidia |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Subfamily | Natricinae |
| Genus | Storeria |
| Species | Storeria dekayi |
| Subspecies | Storeria dekayi dekayi |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 9/11/2006.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 9/11/2006.
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 9/11/2006.
Management Tags
-
Management Priority
Especially vulnerable to local extinction. Because this species is associated with the meadow/forest border, keeping the meadow area adjacent to sites 12 and 13 unmowed during the warm months might prove beneficial to this species-Tiebout, 2003.
Seasonality Tags
-
Breeder
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 9/11/2006.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
99
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
JSK
Created Date
7/18/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
9/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Lowland forest under debris from former homestead (site 9) and tall grass meadow under coverboards (site 13); Encountered 19 times; Small, inconspicuous reptile, that inhabits many different habitats, including forest and grasslands, as long as there are sufficient cover objects., Park Species Data Source: Tiebout, 2003. NPBIB-552045., Accepted Detail: The following sources were used to certify this species record: (1) Hulse, A. C., C. J. McCoy, and E. J. Censky. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of Pennsylvania and the northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. (2) Conant, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians eastern/central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, MA. (3) Petranka, J. W. 1998. Salamanders ot the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. (4) Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. September 2006. http://www.itis.usda.gov/.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (CHOH)
Colonial National Historical Park (COLO)
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