FNR 24250 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Coluber Constrictor, Loreal Pit, Pit Viper
26 Nov 2017
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Loreal pit deep depression on either side of the head in pit vipers. Open habitats including hardwood and pine forests, brushy areas, grasslands, and meadows. 3 32 eggs laid in a concealed nest from june - july. Often a darker area extends posteriorly from eye. Belly white or blue and paler than back. Variable include wooded or scrub areas, edges of marshes, and around abandoned buildings. Eggs laid under fallen logs or leaf piles. Young have conspicuous dorsal patterns that disappear with age. Belly scales are flat in the middle, with turned up ends. Open grasslands, hedgerows, farm fields, edges of open woods. 7 27 eggs laid in july and hatch 60 days later. Id: body yellowish to light brown with bold, dark blotches along the midline. Alternating rows of smaller dark blotches along each side. Head brown to red and often lacking conspicuous markings in adults.
