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Found in north Georgia...

Black Ratsnake. Non-venomous. And a nice looking one at that!
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
1.2.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Hypo Everglades Rat Snakes
1.1.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snakes
1.1.0 Salt and Pepper Bull Snakes
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
2.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snakes
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snake
1.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnakes
1.0.0 Gray Banded Kingsnake
1.0.0 Hypermelanistic California Kingsnake
0.1.0 Albino High White California Kingsnake
0.1.0 California Kingsnake
1.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
4.2.0 Rosy Boas (Harquahala, Mexican, Temecula, & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Western Hognoses
1.1.0 Red Sided Garter Snakes

LIZARDS
2.0.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
1.0.0 African Fat-Tail Gecko
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.4.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko
0.0.1 Gold Dust Day Gecko

FROGS
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Bubbling Kassina
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog
0.0.2 Gold Frogs

Thanks. I had guessed black racer... yes it's a nice looking snake...

Your instincts were correct on this one, I believe. The snake is too glossy to be a ratsnake. The black rat has a bit of visible white between the scales, usuall, as well as vestiges of a pattern. It is also too slender. That, in my humble opinion, is a black racer.

~~Greg~~

No way, definitely a black rat snake. viborero was correct.

>>Your instincts were correct on this one, I believe. The snake is too glossy to be a ratsnake. The black rat has a bit of visible white between the scales, usuall, as well as vestiges of a pattern. It is also too slender. That, in my humble opinion, is a black racer.
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>> ~~Greg~~

The head and eye shape and general body build all say black rat. And, black rats can be quite glossy at times when they are fresh shed and get the right light (compared to a snake that hasn't shed a while and dust/dirt dull the scales). Additionally that snake is not too slender. It is a perfect size for a young adult that has not finished "bulking out". These snakes are known for growing very long but staying relatively skinny for the first couple years and later start filling out.
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PHWyvern

Yeah,........that is 100% Black Ratsnake,...no question whatsoever!......it is just as Diego(viborero) stated and the others.

And also as he stated, an exceptionally NICE one!!

years ago, I had an awesome pair that were "carbon copies" of that one!.....pure, shiny black,...with no white at all!

that one is so nice looking,....many folks would be fooled!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

...looking at the head/face gives him away.
A very nice dark one too!
:Mark
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