Fox Snake (Elaphe vulpina)


Group	Snakes
Code	ARADB13060
Order	Squamata
Family	Colubridae
Author	(Baird and Girard, 1853)
Rank	G5 (definitions)
Occurrence	P (definitions)
Scale	C (definitions)

County List:


Western UP	all
Eastern UP	Schoolcraft, Mackinac, Alger
Northern LP	Bay
Southern LP	Macomb, Monroe, Saginaw, Sanilac, Tuscola, Wayne, Huron, St. Clair

Rule:

Forested or Nonforested Landscapes

1st alternative:
      (Any Upland Mixed (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
   adjacent to:
      Fields/Pastures

2nd alternative:
      Grass
      or Savanna
      or Fields/Pasture
      or Coastal Dunes

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Habitat List:

Habitats	Regen	Sap	Pole	Sm Saw	Lg Saw	Uneven
Aspen	no	no	no	no	no	-
Paper Birch	no	no	no	no	no	-
Oak	no	no	no	no	no	no
Assorted Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Spruce/Fir	no	no	no	no	no	no
Hemlock	no	no	no	no	no	no
Jack Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Red Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
White Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Conifer Plantations	no	no	no	no	no	-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods	no	no	YES	YES	YES	YES
Mixed Northern Hardwoods	no	no	YES	YES	YES	YES
Mixed Upland Conifer	no	no	YES	YES	YES	YES
Mixed Pine	no	no	YES	YES	YES	YES
Swamp Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch	no	no	no	no	no	no
Bottomland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Tamarack	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern White Cedar	no	no	no	no	no	no
Black Spruce	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Conifer	no	no	no	no	no	no
Non-Forested	Grass, Savanna, Fields/Pastures, Coastal Dunes
Special Features	Edges

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Literature:

Holman, J. A., J. H. Harding, M. M. Hensley, and G. R. Dudderar. 1999. Michigan snakes a field guide and pocket reference. Co-operative Extension Service, Michigan State University. 72 pp.

The western fox snake prefers open woodlands and woodland edges, fields, and dune areas. It is locally known as the "pine snake".

Fox snakes are normally ground-dwelling animals that eat small mammals, birds, and frogs that they kill by constriction.