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Thamnophis proximus
Small non-venomous snake. This individual had bright blue stripes.
Shawnee National Forest
Spotted on May 25, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013
9 Comments
I've not handled a rat snake yet - our resident one is about 6' long & I suspect too heavy for me to handle & photograph at the same time! I've not seen him yet this year but maybe I will give it a go when I see him next!
Ashley T and I had a discussion about the cranky attitude of rat snakes. I tend to just let them continue on their way. I ran across of waiting Copperhead today and I was not in my boots. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/249...
It was very well behaved Joanne - though in my experience most snakes do no worse than musk me when I pick them up!
lovely and civil when grabbed :)
Thanks mcaul6515!
Amazing :)
Thanks bherath20!
beautiful spotting
Cheers Janson!