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Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Birthday Snake from last night almost went snakeless!!!...Non-Venomous....Average adult size is 36-72 inches (91.4-182.8 cm), record is 90 inches (228.6 cm). It is variable in coloration, but juveniles are gray with dark blotches and a sandy-gray belly with dark square blotches. In the panhandle juveniles and adults look alike, however, in the peninsula adults might be yellow to gray with four dark longitudinal stripes, sometimes retaining the juvenile's dark dorsal blotches. The tongue is mostly black. The scales are weakly keeled, and there are 25-27 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The pupil is round.
Flatwoods
Yearling found 2 ft from my driveway.
4 Comments
Thank you :)
Nice spotting!
Thanks! I also added Pics of a adult from today.
Beautiful snake! I love the patterns on young rat snakes, though we only have the black ones up here - jealous of your yellow!