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Taxonomy:
Of three recognized subspecies (Crother et al. 2008) of Red-bellied Snake,
S. o. occipitomaculata (Northern
Red-bellied Snake) occurs across most of Tennessee.
Intergradient populations with S.
o. obscura (Florida Red-bellied Snake) occur in the most southwestern
counties (Conant and Collins 1998).
Distribution:
Scattered
records exist for counties throughout most of Tennessee, but conspicuous voids
in the distribution are evident across all of the state.
Specimens Examined by Counties:
Blount—GSMNP 4076, 4077, 4079, 4083, 4086; LSUMZ 34794; USNM 180248, 466054.
Campbell—USNM RH 85-202; UTKVZC
6742.
Cheatham—APSU 3545. Chester—AUM
10397.
Coffee—APSU 17674; MTSU 86S, 124S.
Cumberland—CMNH 66252; TTU 482,
527, 688.
Decatur—KU 2471.
DeKalb—SIUC
uncataloged (1 specimen). Dickson—APSU
2329, 2731, 3151.
Franklin—APSU 18211.
Grundy—APSU 19001.
Hardeman—APSU 16883, 16890, 16891; UMMZ 98904.
Haywood—APSU 18239.
Houston—APSU 4337, 6054.
Knox—UTKVZC 3476, 3477.
McMinn—USNM 21133.
Monroe—USNM 177627, 187627, UTKVZC 6655.
Montgomery—APSU 2081, 3012, 3587,
5693.
Moore—USNM RH76-031.
Morgan—TTU 586.
Perry—APSU 12237, 12572.
Pickett— UTKVZC 6577.
Polk—FLMNH 118112; MTSU 82S.
Putnam—TTU uncataloged (1
specimen).
Roane—APSU 18920. Scott—FLMNH
118111.
Sevier—GSMNP 4085; USNM 120117.
Shelby—APSU 12244.
Stewart—APSU 377, 379, 585, 822,
4943, 5172, 5552, 5730, 5835-5838, 18072.
Wayne—AMNH R-123857.
Literature Sources by Counties:
Anderson—Jenkins et al. (2001).
Benton—Parker (1948).
Blount—King (1939), Huheey and
Stupka (1967).
Cheatham—Smith (2009).
Coffee—Miller et al.
(2005), Neimiller (2005).
Cumberland—Cope (1900).
Decatur—Trapido (1944).
Franklin—McCrady and Rodarmor
(1967), Cameron and McCrady (1978).
Grundy—Cantrell et al. (2011).
Hardeman—Gentry (1956), Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).
Henry—Gentry (1956).
Montgomery—Scott
(1967),
Scott and Snyder
(1968), Fitch (1998).
Overton—DeLotelle (1976).
Roane—Johnson (1964).
Scott—Shoup
and Peyton (1940).
Sevier—Huheey and Stupka (1967). Shelby—Hassell (1961).
Stewart—Zirkle
(1993),
Rozelle (1999), Davenport
(2005), Davenport and Scott (2009).
Questionable and/or Erroneous Records:
In the catalog at the U. S. National Museum there
is an entry for a specimen (USNM No. 2140) from Tyree Springs in Sumner County.
During our visit, we were unable to find the specimen in the collection
and it has apparently been lost. Because we could not verify the data with a
specimen, we chose not to plot this locality on the distribution map for the
species and excluded Sumner County from our list of counties for which specimens
have been examined (see above).
Conservation Status:
None.
Posted: 23 July 2009
Latest Revision: 8 November 2011
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