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Please ID snake

Draco_ Feb 24, 2007 11:42 PM

i found it in east TN im thinking its a hatchling black racer, black ratsnake or coachwhip(are those in east TN?) btw i found it last year not this year

Replies (3)

NWFLHerper Feb 25, 2007 12:51 AM

n/p

Draco_ Feb 25, 2007 02:19 AM

could you tell me how you know can tell the difference?

NWFLHerper Feb 26, 2007 06:48 PM

Juvie Coachwhips don't have the blotches (and they aren't in Tennessee. The head is wrong for a Rat Snake, and that is what young racers look like. I remember the first one I found; I thought for sure it was some kind of Rat Snake.

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