Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Jones, Dillon, Foshee, Bethany & Fitzgerald, Lee, 2021, A herpetological survey of Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, Check List 17 (1), pp. 27-38 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/17.1.27
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scientific name	Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)
status

Treatment

Examined material. UNITED STATES • 3 via sur- vey, 8 via iNaturalist; Texas, Harris County, Houston ; 29.7714°N, 095.5687°W; first encounter on 17 Feb. 2018; capture via transect survey GoogleMaps .

Identification. This species exhibits keeled scales atop a light gray or brown color. This species can be distinguished from other species of snake by its five upper la- bials, fused internasals and keeled scales ( Powell et al. 2016).

References

Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016) Peterson field guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 608 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Natricidae
Genus	Haldea

Distribution Map

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Specimens