Coluber constrictor constrictor or the northern black racer is the species that I am referring to. It is the only large black snake and the only racer to my knowledge in northern new england.

You are right. There are populations in southern Maine that are more northern than the ones in VT. To my knowledge they are only in southern main and are not very common - only a few scattered populations that all gather at a few critical denning sites. VT is pretty close to the northern most limit but I guess I just should have said the edge of their natural range. Several of the other subspecies in other parts of the US are found even further north up into Canada.

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• Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 00:13:39 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - varanid, Fri Jun 18 00:36:59 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KevinM, Fri Jun 18 08:45:50 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - BassSnatcher34, Fri Jun 18 08:53:24 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 11:33:45 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - mrkent, Fri Jun 18 23:48:05 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 10:19:30 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KevinM, Fri Jun 18 11:49:15 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - a153fish, Fri Jun 18 12:01:03 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 12:29:21 2010
• On a related note... - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:04:44 2010
• RE: On a related note... - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:30:02 2010
• Couldn't agree more - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:49:33 2010
• RE: Couldn't agree more - varanid, Fri Jun 18 14:16:30 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:17:56 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:27:11 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:40:49 2010
• Making more people SHOULD be regulated! - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:52:13 2010
• You just answered your own question - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:23:47 2010
• RE: Making more people SHOULD be regulated! - Aaron, Fri Jun 18 18:24:51 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KINGBOA, Fri Jun 18 19:49:05 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KINGBOA, Sat Jun 19 21:11:56 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - varanid, Fri Jun 18 12:42:24 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:42:43 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Aaron, Fri Jun 18 22:36:50 2010
• Mythbusters..... - JYohe, Sat Jun 19 17:32:20 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - zach_whitman, Sun Jun 20 00:22:55 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - varanid, Sun Jun 20 01:45:41 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - zach_whitman, Sun Jun 20 14:23:01 2010
• Coluber constrictor ssp? - nategodin, Fri Jun 18 14:51:01 2010
• RE: Coluber constrictor ssp? - zach_whitman, Sat Jun 19 03:22:29 2010
• Its all about MONEY - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:06:02 2010
• REALLY? - zach_whitman, Sat Jun 19 03:11:31 2010
• RE: REALLY? - Jeff Schofield, Sat Jun 19 16:34:01 2010