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Characteristics:
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Dark colored—black or gray—upper body
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Bright yellow or yellow-orange ring around the neck
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Yellow to orange belly with black spots
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Underside of tail usually redorange
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Smooth scales
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Nonvenomous
* Diet: earthworms,
other small insects, and frogs
* Habitat: rocky
hillsides of open woodlands
* Distribution:
extreme
southeastern South Dakota
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