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548:Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae
257:, and one of which is known as the
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732:The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
526:Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
506:– Mexican yellowbelly brown snake
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484:Storeria dekayi wrightorum
195:North American brown snake
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433:Storeria dekayi limnetes
281:and range south through
809:Systematic Parasitology
708:Ernst, Carl H. (2012).
471:Storeria dekayi tropica
405:Storeria dekayi anomala
21:red-bellied black snake
460:Storeria dekayi texana
428:– northern brown snake
418:Storeria dekayi dekayi
383:Species and subspecies
299:David Humphreys Storer
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205:Clarksville, Tennessee
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48:Storeria dekayi texana
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570:– Mexican brown snake
564:Storeria storerioides
497:Storeria hidalgoensis
490:– midland brown snake
269:Species in the genus
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599:trinomial authority
466:– Texas brown snake
442:– marsh brown snake
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595:binomial authority
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1071:BioLib:
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