BROWN SNAKE
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Characteristics:
* Dark markings under and/or behind each eye
* Grayish brown to reddish brown in color
* Light stripe down the center of the back, bordered by a parallel row of dark spots
* Pinkish or tan belly
* Keeled scales
* Nonvenomous
* Diet: earthworms and insect larvae
* Habitat: moist woodland areas near clearings and wetlands
* Distribution: last record: Roberts County (1922)