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Midwestern Worm Snake (<i>Carphophis amoenus helenae</i>) from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois
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Midwestern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus helenae) from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois

Heron PondWestern Worm SnakeCarphophis amoenus helenaeIllinois

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  • rainforestdon

    on November 10, 2012

    Steve, thanks for the info, you are absolutely right. I've corrected my databases accordingly. And thanks for checking out the website!
    Best regards,
    -Don

  • Steve Karsen

    on November 6, 2012

    Actually, this Worm snake is a Midwest (Carphophis amoenus helenae). It is rather bicolored, but westerns are usually quite blackish on top and evenmore sharply bicolored. In Illinois, westerns are only known to occur in several counties in western Illinois, not in the southern part of the state.

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