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title: "Gewöhnliche Braunnatter"
description: "Storeria dekayi — Reptilien. Storeria dekayi, commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many other snakes), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dekay-s-brownsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewöhnliche Braunnatter

> Storeria dekayi — Reptilien. Storeria dekayi, commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many other snakes), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Storeria dekayi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 69363
- Wikidata: [Q2880329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2880329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28562](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28562)

## Names

- en: DeKay's Brownsnake
- de: Gewöhnliche Braunnatter
- es: Culebra parda
- fr: Couleuvre brune
- nl: Amerikaanse bruine slang

## Countries with the most observations

US (58562), CA (7823), MX (101), HN (11)

## Summary

Storeria dekayi, commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many other snakes), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America and Central America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeKay%27s_brown_snake

## Photo

![Gewöhnliche Braunnatter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dekay-s-brownsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267636460

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dekay-s-brownsnake?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).