You will be able to find these snakes under old bark slabs, strips of linoleum and tar paper. Collectors usually overlook this secretive species of snakes. The northern brown snake eats earthworms, slugs, snails, and insects. They breed in late March or early April and 9-20 babies are normally born. This snake is a member of the Colubrid family because it has teeth on the premaxillary bone.
Snakes have specialized external ear openings and eyelids.
An elastic ligament and a deeply forked tongue separate the lower jaw. Snakes are reptiles which all have dry scaly skin and fertilization is internal in reptiles. 2 species of this kind of snake exists in West Virginia. Major Indentification Features Small, slender brown or gray snakes with a yellow middle stripe on the dorsal and cream or pinkish belly. Description Small snake measuring from 10-15 inches long.