Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Colubridae > Carphophis > Carphophis vermis

Carphophis vermis (Western Worm Snake; worm snake)

Synonyms: Carphophis amoenus vermis; Celuta vermis

Wikipedia Abstract

Carphophis vermis (common name western worm snake) is a species of small, nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Carphophis vermis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  19 grams
Gestation [1]  49 days
Litter Size [2]  3

Predators

Lampropeltis gentilis (Scarlet kingsnake)[3]

Range Map

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2A neglected life-history trait: clutch-size variance in snakes, R. Shine and R. A. Seigel, J. Zool. Lond. (1996) 239, 209-223
♦ 3Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0