Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Juvenile distinctly marked with dark back and side blotches on a white or gray background. Racer, common kingsnake, plainbelly water snake. The groundcolor between blotches darkens with age, obscuring most of them by 80 cm TL, except in extreme southern counties where the subspecies E .
Adults have white, orange, or red skin between the dark scales.
Variety of forest, shrub, and edge habitats. Common around farm buildings and abandoned houses. Large adults have few predators other than humans. Carnivorous mammals and raptors are the main predators of juveniles.