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Coluber constrictor
Very long and thin. Usually darker colored. Fast moving and non-venomous. Similar in appearance to the Black Rat Snake, but body is smaller in diameter, and a small white patch under the chin and along the throat instead of a white belly.
It lives in brushy areas, rocky hillsides, and meadows, and underneath boards or tin around old buildings. Black Racers feed on insects, eggs, mice, frogs and lizards.
Seemed pretty aggressive and eyes covered with blue patches shows signs of shedding.
Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Dec 1, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks! I will add it to the mission.
Hi Aaron, welcome to Project Noah. I love to see new snake spottings and it is really neat to see the eyes of this one before shed! They cannot see well at this stage, and of course are naturally more defensive then.
Please be sure to add this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1202...