Gulf crayfish snake
Regina rigida sinicola in Texas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Liodytes
Species:	L. rigida
Subspecies:	L. r. sinicola
Trinomial name
Liodytes rigida sinicola (Huheey, 1959)
Synonyms
Natrix rigida sinicola Huheey, 1959

The Gulf crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida sinicola) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake endemic to the southeastern United States.

Contents

• Description
• Diet
• Taxonomy
• Further reading
• External links

Description

It averages 20 inches (51 cm) when fully grown, with a record of 31.5 inches (80 cm). Its color is best described as chocolate brown.

Diet

This subspecies feeds almost entirely on crayfish.

Taxonomy

Close relatives of the Gulf crayfish snake are the glossy crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida rigida) and the Delta crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida deltae).

Further reading

• Huheey, James E. 1959. Distribution and Variation in the Glossy Water Snake, Natrix rigida (Say). Copeia 1959 (4): 303–311. (Natrix rigida sinicola)

External links

• http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Reginarsinicola.htm
• http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/jd/jdweb/Herps/species/USsnakes/Regrigsin.htm
• http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/regina.rigida.html
• http://www.snakesofarkansas.com/Main/ReginaRigida