Texas Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi texana
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- S. d. texana – Bell Co, TX – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. d. texana – Bell Co, TX – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. d. texana – Bell Co, TX – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. d. texana – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- S. d. texana – North Texas – photo by Steve Nigri
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- S. d. texana – Nueces Co, TX – photo by John Lassite
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- S. d. texana – Nueces Co, TX – photo by Toby Brock
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- S. d. texana – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Storeria d. texana occurs throughout the eastern half of the state of Texas, except for a very narrow strip of brackish coastal marshland extending from Port Lavaca, Texas to the Louisiana border. In this area it is replaced by the Marsh Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi limnetes).
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Storeria dekayi texana (Trapido – 1944)
Genus: Storeria, honors David H. Storer
Species: dekayi, honors James H. DeKay
Subspecies: texana, Latin = belonging to the state of Texas
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962