Smooth Earth Snake
Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Genus | Virginia |
| Species | Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties in Arkansas.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas
Counties
- Arkansas
- Baxter, Stone
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2007.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- New Jersey
- SU Unrankable
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S3 Vulnerable
- Florida
- S3 Vulnerable
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Kansas
- S3 Vulnerable
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S2 Imperiled
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- Delaware
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Dunivan, J.D., Tumlison, C.R. & McDaniel, V.R. 1982. Cave fauna of Arkansas: further records. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 87–88. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/28.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3051. https://cavebiology.org/species/virginia-valeriae/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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