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Southeastern Crowned Snake vs. Red-bellied Snake

Both are small brown snakes with a darker head and pale marks behind it (Red-bellied records in all 60 of the crowned snake's one-degree squares). A: A pale band across the head, then a black collar in the Southeastern Crowned Snake; three small pale spots on the nape in the Red-bellied Snake. B: Cream to pinkish in the Southeastern Crowned Snake; bright red or orange in the Red-bellied Snake. C: Smooth and glossy in the Southeastern Crowned Snake; keeled and dull in the Red-bellied Snake.

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Southeastern Crowned Snake

Tantilla coronata

Red-bellied Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata
Southeastern Crowned Snake vs. Red-bellied Snake: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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