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Howdy,

On October 25 in a West Philly vacant lot (actually a big area - about 5 blocks' worth of abandoned industrial land) I found about 40 brown snakes under two pieces of cover a few yards apart. About half were young of the year. See the link below for the photos and the full post. I went back a few days later and there were still 30+ under the old door.

Cheers,
Billy

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Phillyherping

Very cool photos--thanks for sharing? Is it unusual to find so many of this species in one place like this?

rgds,
althea

It is unusual, but not undocumented. I've read of reports of up to 200 in four spots for fall aggregations, but it seems like people rarely see more than twenty in such close proximity.

Cheers,
Billy

Very nice pics on your blog....

those black racers did not attempt to bite you???

im really thinking about keepeing a masticophis or a coluber...

saboteur

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Thanks.

The racers did not bite - it was early on a cool day, and both were still quite cold. Warmed up racers can be harder to manage. I don't know much about keeping them - check the racer forum. My guess is they'd need a lot of space.

Here's an old pic of a young racer - also pretty cold and not nippy.

Cheers,
Billy

Phillyherping