Western Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae elegans)

Created: September 28th, 2007 - 10:11 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Mike Thalman
Record 6336

Country: United States		State: Iowa	County: Dallas County	Time: 2007-09-28 18:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: --	Sex: Female	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Timbered
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 74.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: Full Moon	Elevation: 1048.00ft	Barometric Pressure: 29.74 mmHg

Notes

Observed on road. Specimen was 4in long.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Mike Thalman on Sep 30, 2007 at 03:15 PM

They must be fairly common at least in the Fall in my general area. Up until recently I have only seen 2. I put some boards down on my land last fall and they are just now producing herps. I have seen 10 so far this last week.

Posted by Kyle Loucks on Sep 29, 2007 at 12:06 PM

nice, are they common?