Storeria victa (HAY, 1892)
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Storeria victa
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Florida Brown Snake G: Florida-Braunnatter |
| Synonym | Storeria victa HAY 1892 Storeria dekayi victa — NEILL 1950: 155 Storeria victa — CHRISTMAN 1980 Storeria dekayi victa — CHRISTMAN 1982 Storeria dekayi victa — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 58 Storeria victa — CROTHER 2000 Storeria victa — CROTHER et al. 2012 Storeria dekayi victa — TÄUFER 2015 Storeria victa — PYRON et al. 2016 |
| Distribution | USA (Florida) Type locality: "Banks of the Oklawaha River, Florida." |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous. |
| Types | Holotype: lost (fide CHRISTMAN 1982) |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS. The only subspecies with 15 scale rows (Christman 1982). Color: Storeria victa, unlike other brown snakes, has 15 midbody scale rows of dorsal scales. Most individuals are faintly speckled cinnamon to blue-gray above. There is an indistinct light-colored vertebral stripe bordered by a row of dark spots or smudges, while a wide pale band crosses the rear of the head, followed by a darker band across the nape. Directly below the eye is a pronounced brown spot. The tan or pinkish venter is unmarked except for black dots along its outer edges and the 15 midbody rows of dorsal scales are strongly keeled (Tennant & Bartlett 2000). |
| Comment | This species was discovered and described in the stomach of a Micrurus fulvius from Florida. Similar species: Storeria dekayi wrightorum |
| Etymology | Named after James Ellsworth DeKay (1792-1851) |
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