Common Name: 
Red-bellied snake

Scientific Name: 
Storeria occipitomaculata

Identification: 6-14 in.; Brown or gray above, with 2 to 4 thin dark lines from head to tail; underside usually orange, rarely yellow or dull white; pale spot present on either side of the neck and under each eye; scales keeled.

Habits: Red-bellied snakes tend to stay concealed under leaf litter and surface objects in wooded and forested areas.

Distribution: Forested portions of Louisiana north of the swamplands.