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Thamnophis sirtalis
About 18" long, Yellow dorsal stripe and stripes on either side with a brown checkerboard pattern between the stripes
Marshy area near a chicken coup
While visiting a cell phone tower, I almost stepped on him, but noticed him just in time. When I hopped to keep from stepping on him, it apparently frightened him and he coiled up into the strike position. Boy am I glad he wasn't poisonous, or I would be in the hospital right now!
Spotted on Mar 18, 2015
Submitted on Mar 19, 2015
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