Red coachwhip

Description:

36-102". Large, lithe, long-tailed and fast-moving. Generally yellow, tan, brown or gray, or pinkish; essentially patternless or with dark crossbars on neck

Habitat:

Dry, relatively open situations; pine and palmetto flatwoods, rocky hillsides, grassland prairies, desert scrub, thorn forest, and chaparral

Notes:

Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians. National Audubon Society