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anuraanman
at Mon Oct 6 12:28:49 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by anuraanman ]
Thanks for trying again with that photo AND for taking the time to move the snake out of harms way.
The picture is of a Ratsnake. I'd say it's a Gray Ratsnake but since I'm from an area that only has one subspecies of ratsnake I can't rule out for certain that it is not a juvenile or sub-adult Black Ratsnake. The young black and gray ratsnakes start off as hatchlings looking very similar but as the black ratsnake ages it loses its pattern and eventually turns solid black. Ratsnakes are completely harmless and as you can probably tell from the name, feed primarily on rodents (but also young birds).
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