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  1. Common Name: 
  2. Red-bellied snake
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  4. Scientific Name: 
  5. Storeria occipitomaculata
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  7. 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.
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  9. Habits: Red-bellied snakes tend to stay concealed under leaf litter and surface objects in wooded and forested areas.
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  11. Distribution: Forested portions of Louisiana north of the swamplands.
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