During the day this species hides under rocks or debris; it emerges at night to hunt for earthworms. Because of its preference for earthworms, it is sometimes common in places like city parks and cemeteries, as long as there are plenty of places to hide at night. Like its relatives the garter and water snakes, the Lined Snake often voids excrement and other secretions when first handled; it usually does not bite.
Ten Facts about Lined Snake
- Lined snakes are found throughout the central United States from Illinois to Texas.
- They prefer grassland areas with soft, moist soils.
- Adult size is typically less than 35 cm.
- Lined snakes are semi-fossorial, spending most of their time hiding under rocks, leaf litter, logs, or buried in the soil.
- The majority of their diet consists of earthworms. While, they also like to eat birds, frogs, snakes.
- Other names are Hoop Snake, Eel Moccasin, Horn Snake,
- A female deposits 4-10 eggs in a relatively dry underground burrow.
- Females may lay 1-3 clutches per season.
- Eggs are often eaten by mamals such as racoon dogs, weasels and four-lined snakes.
- They hatch in 2-3 months.
