LINED SNAKE
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Characteristics:
* Gray or brown in color
* Pale body stripes-one down the middle of back and one along each side
* Double row of black half-moons on the white or yellowish belly
* Keeled scales
* Nonvenomous
* Diet: earthworms and small insects
* Habitat: open prairie hillsides and rocky,
woodland areas
* Distribution: extreme southeastern South Dakota