Gulf crayfish snake
| Gulf crayfish snake | |
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| Regina rigida sinicola in Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Liodytes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | L. r. sinicola
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| Trinomial name | |
| Liodytes rigida sinicola (Huheey, 1959)
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| Synonyms | |
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Natrix rigida sinicola Huheey, 1959 | |
The Gulf crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida sinicola) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake endemic to the southeastern United States.
Description
[edit]It averages 20 inches (51 cm) when fully grown, with a record of 31.5 inches (80 cm). Its color is best described as chocolate brown.
Diet
[edit]This subspecies feeds almost entirely on crayfish.
Taxonomy
[edit]Close relatives of the Gulf crayfish snake are the glossy crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida rigida) and the Delta crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida deltae).
Further reading
[edit]- Huheey, James E. 1959. Distribution and Variation in the Glossy Water Snake, Natrix rigida (Say). Copeia 1959 (4): 303–311. (Natrix rigida sinicola)