REDBELLY SNAKE
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Characteristics:
* Slender body which may be gray, brown, or reddish-brown
* A white chin with a red-colored belly
* Light-colored spots on neck
* Faint light stripe(s) down the back
* Keeled scales
* Nonvenomous
* Diet: earthworms, slugs, and small insects
* Habitat: woodland areas and moist grassy
meadows
* Distribution: extreme eastern South Dakota and the Black Hills