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Coluber constrictor
23-70" (58-177.7 cm). Slender, agile, and fast moving. Adult uniformly pale blue, bluish-green, olive-green, gray, or brown above. Belly cream to bright yellow. Young gray with darker gray, brown, or reddish-brown blotches down back and dark spots on sides. Scales smooth, in 17 rows (15 rows at vent). Anal plate divided.
Abandoned fields, grassland, sparse brushy areas along prairie land, open woodland.
A big Texas shout out, to the Irving Texas Police Officer who saw me photographing birds, and asked if I was interested in seeing and perhaps photographing a snake. This spotting is dedicated to you Officer, you know who you are, and I and others on Project Noah thank you. Photographed where found.
Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on May 29, 2012
25 Comments (1–25)
Fantastic series. Very nice..
Congrats Bill, your snake is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5122183...
Nice shot!
thank you and also the texas police officer. I just love the snake. beautiful. :)
Thanks Bernadette S. I feel it is only proper to give credit where credit is due. This officer deserves a shout out for his making the spotting and then pointing me to it.
Great captures! I love the Texas shout out to the helpful officer, too. :-)
Thanks for following me, ranbir.gurkha.
Gary Chan, I was pretty close, but there was no need to worry, this snake is not venomous.
CeciliaJ, If I have the time, and the ability at the time of my spotting to take quality photos, I am going to do so. I am thrilled you appreciate my efforts.
omg...I wonder how far you were from the snake...this spotting is dangerous yet beautiful!!
Thank you Melissa, Carol, and Stian
Awesome pictures Willie!
Excellent!
Really awesome photos of a beautiful snake!
Thank you Anne Marie McCaffrey, I am honored that you and others think so highly of my efforts to document my spottings.
Outstanding photos!
Thank you AshishNimkar, This snake is both beautiful and benificial.
Hailey2, KarenL and NeilDazet thanks for the wonderful comments
Gosh... he is non venomous and beautiful...
super cool find
Wonderful spot!
William - this spotting is SO good!
Thanks Adam, I had a friend who needed to install a computer system for a business, and was moving the system from the Milwaukee area, to Irving Texas. He needed a second driver. I was that driver, and while he installed the computer, I went looking for wildlife. I found many birds, and this snake. I will post more of my spottings in the weeks to come.
I love the photo Willie! I'm glad you got it IDed. What were you doing in Texas? I'm from Dallas. (I've just lived in Colorado for the past 2 years)
Thanks for the kind words Maria dB, and for favoriting my spotting as well.
Awesome!
Thank you LouisStevens for adding this to your favorites.