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Liodytes alleni (Striped Crayfish Snake)

Synonyms: Helicops alleni; Regina alleni

Wikipedia Abstract

Regina alleni, the striped crayfish snake, is a species of North American snake that derives its common name from its principal prey, crayfish. This snake is also called the striped swamp snake. It is endemic to peninsular Florida. Although rarely seen due to its secretive behavior, it can be found in large numbers in wet areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Liodytes alleni

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  104 grams
Litter Size [1]  20

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Everglades United States Neotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Florida sand pine scrub United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
South Florida rocklands United States Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southeastern conifer forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big Cypress National Preserve V 732120 Florida, United States
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge IV 38256 Florida, United States

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paratelorchis dollfusi <Unverified Name>[2]
Telorchis auridistomi <Unverified Name>[2]
Telorchis dollfusi <Unverified Name>[2]

Range Map

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
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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