The Eastern worm snake is a small snake. Adults are 19–28 cm (7½–11 in.) in total length, record 34 cm (13¼ in.). It is brown dorsally, and bright pink ventrally, with the belly color including one or two dorsal scale rows. The dorsal scales are smooth, in 13 rows. It has five upper labials and one postocular.C. amoenus coloration is unpatterned and can be tan to dark brown in color, has a pointed head, and small black eyes. It has pinkish ventral pigmentation extends dorsally into the body scale rows one to two. The tail is short in comparison with its body and ends in an abrupt, spine-like scale. Females are longer than males but have a shorter tail. The head is small, conical and no wider than the neck. Other small, unpatterned brownish snakes such as earth snakes (genus Virginia) and r
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| - The Eastern worm snake is a small snake. Adults are 19–28 cm (7½–11 in.) in total length, record 34 cm (13¼ in.). It is brown dorsally, and bright pink ventrally, with the belly color including one or two dorsal scale rows. The dorsal scales are smooth, in 13 rows. It has five upper labials and one postocular.C. amoenus coloration is unpatterned and can be tan to dark brown in color, has a pointed head, and small black eyes. It has pinkish ventral pigmentation extends dorsally into the body scale rows one to two. The tail is short in comparison with its body and ends in an abrupt, spine-like scale. Females are longer than males but have a shorter tail. The head is small, conical and no wider than the neck. Other small, unpatterned brownish snakes such as earth snakes (genus Virginia) and r
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| - Carphophis amoenus amoenus
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| - Brachyorrhos amoenus Holbrook, 1842
- Calamaria amoena Schlegel, 1837
- Carphophis amoena Gervais, 1843
- Carphophis amoena amoena Schmidt & Davis, 1941
- Carphophis amoenus amoenus Wright & Wright, 1957
- Carphophis amœnus Boulenger, 1894
- Carphopiops amoenus Cope, 1900
- Celuta amoena Baird & Girard, 1853
- Coluber amoenus Say, 1825
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| - The Eastern worm snake is a small snake. Adults are 19–28 cm (7½–11 in.) in total length, record 34 cm (13¼ in.). It is brown dorsally, and bright pink ventrally, with the belly color including one or two dorsal scale rows. The dorsal scales are smooth, in 13 rows. It has five upper labials and one postocular.C. amoenus coloration is unpatterned and can be tan to dark brown in color, has a pointed head, and small black eyes. It has pinkish ventral pigmentation extends dorsally into the body scale rows one to two. The tail is short in comparison with its body and ends in an abrupt, spine-like scale. Females are longer than males but have a shorter tail. The head is small, conical and no wider than the neck. Other small, unpatterned brownish snakes such as earth snakes (genus Virginia) and red-bellied snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata) both have keeled body scales but lack the spine-tipped tail. Other ways to distinguish between C. Amoenus and other species is that the body scales usually occur in 13 rows and are smooth, pitless, and the anal plate is split. Other snakes that are commonly confused with C. amoenus is the western worm snake (Carphophis vermis), which used to be in the same subspecies as C. amoenus, has the slight ventral pigmentation extending onto the third body scale row, and a dark gray or gray-violet dorsum. The south eastern crowned snake (Tantilla coronata) has 15 midbody scale rows, a dark head, and a dark collar.
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