The Brown Morph of the Northern Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus edwardsii, on Big Tancook Island, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Authors

  • John Gilhen Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i1.1131

Keywords:

Brown morph, Northern Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus edwardsii, Big Tancook Island, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Abstract

I describe a brown morph of the Northern Ringneck Snakes (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii) that occurs in a population on Big Tancook Island, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Vol. 125 No. 1 (2011)

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