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Rough Earthsnake vs. Red-bellied Snake

Both are small brown snakes with keeled scales under logs and leaves (records share 112 one-degree squares). A: Plain whitish or grey in the Rough Earthsnake; bright red or orange-red in the Red-bellied Snake. B: Plain; the head the same colour as the body in the Rough Earthsnake; a darker head and pale spots on the nape in the Red-bellied Snake.

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Rough Earthsnake

Virginia striatula

Red-bellied Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata
Rough Earthsnake vs. Red-bellied Snake: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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