Northern Redbelly Snakes 

(Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)



The Redbelly snake is a small fossorial snake with a highly variable dorsal ground color. They can be many variations of gray, tan, yellow, or brown and may have a single broad stripe down the center or up to 4 or 5 faint stripes. The belly is usually brilliant red. Red belly snakes spend most of their life hidden under boards, rotting logs, rocks, bark, brush piles, and leaves.