Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahami)
  Nonpoisonous

Description: Chocolate brown with subtle cream stripes low on the body. Subtle darker stripes also appear in along the back. Belly is cream with a row of dark spots down the center..

Habitat: Shaded edges of streams and lakes. Grassy fields and prairies, in our areas is most abundant in grassy wet area

Size: 46-71 cm (18-28 in).

Diet: Crayfish.

Natural History: Named for James Duncan Graham, an engineer with the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey in the 1850’s.

Similar species:

  1. Our garter snakes and the Lined Snake all have a light stripe running down middle of the back.
  2. Worm Snake has red-pink not yellow sides.