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Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri
A younger 4 to 5 foot snake at the front door. The Texas rat snake is a fairly large snake, capable of attaining lengths past six feet. Encouraged it to return to the garden. This is a beneficial non venemous snake.
The Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) is a subspecies of rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in the United States, primarily within the state of Texas, but its range extends into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The garden is about half an acre of native plants specifically planted for wildlife. The main water source is a pond that is filtered by two gravel streams. It is on a peninsula by Lake Lewisville, TX.
Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on May 27, 2012
2 Comments
You might like to add this to the new Snakes of the United States mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1202...
Hi, gatorfellows. You appear to have a number of spottings in the "Signs of Wildlife" mission and they are spottings of the animals and not just signs of them. Could you please take some time and edit your spottings so those that don't fit that mission are removed from it? Thank you!