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Pantherophis obsoletus
Baby black rat snake, only about a foot long. Black on top of the body and white underneath. Non-venomous and extremely common.
Warming itself in a spot of sunshine on the forest floor, about twenty feet from the road.
I nearly stepped on this little guy today. He tried rattling his tail on the leaves to make me think he's a rattlesnake but he was so small that you couldn't even hear it.
Spotted on May 18, 2012
Submitted on May 18, 2012
2 Comments
Are you positive it's a black rat? It looks more like it's a southern black racer.
Great snake and series!