REDBELLY SNAKE

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Characteristics: * Slender body which may be gray, brown, or reddish-brown * A white chin with a red-colored belly * Light-colored spots on neck * Faint light stripe(s) down the back * Keeled scales * Nonvenomous * Diet: earthworms, slugs, and small insects * Habitat: woodland areas and moist grassy meadows * Distribution: extreme eastern South Dakota and the Black Hills