Marsh Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi limnetes
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- S. d. limnetes – Harris Co, TX – photo by Jim Davis
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- S. d. limnetes – Harris Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- S. d. limnetes – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Storeria d. limnetes occurs in in the coastal salt marshes along the Texas coast from the Louisiana border southward as far as Victoria and Calhoun Counties.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Storeria dekayi limnetes (Anderson – 1961)
Genus: Storeria, honors David H. Storer
Species: dekayi, honors James H. DeKay
Subspecies: limnetes, Greek = living in marshes
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962