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Thamnophis sauritus sauritus
A mating pair of Common- or Eastern Ribbonsnakes spotted in the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. The mating process was already underway when I first saw the pair of snakes; they were still "engaged" when I left the park a couple of hours later. The larger snake is the female; the smaller snake is the male. "Females are slightly larger than males..." Source Credit: Thamnophis sauritus Eastern Ribbonsnake http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ac...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
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Spotted on Apr 1, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks to Neil Dazet, Project Noah Ranger, for verifying my speculation that size difference indicates gender for this species.
Excellent series!