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Characteristics:
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Snout only slightly upturned with paired dark
neck-spots
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Dark blotches along center with alternating spots
on sides of body
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Highly variable in color
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Mottled gray belly and the underside of tail much
lighter colored than belly
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Keeled scales
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Nonvenomous (mildly venomous to its prey)
* Diet:
frogs, toads, and salamanders
* Habitat:
sandy areas in open prairies and
woodlands
* Distribution:
extreme southeastern South Dakota
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