Names: Blotched kingsnake, brown snake, ground snake, house snake, king snake, mole catcher.

Average length: 30-40 in.  

Juveniles: Juveniles and hatchlings possess a series of chestnut brown dorsal blotches that are bordered by black. Each has a dark-brown checkerboard pattern on the cream to yellow “belly”, a short reddish eye-jaw stripe, and 2 chestnut to brown stripes on the back of the head.

Habitats: Fields and forests, subterranean.