I'm doing some herping on Snake Road in Shawnee National Forest (southern Illinois) this weekend and found this fine snake yesterday afternoon:
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Wild Black Rat Snake
tspuckler
Oct 02, 2010 08:58 AM
Replies (4)
johnthebaptist
Oct 02, 2010 09:21 AM
Nice...Its cold and rainy here in central indiana today.
DMong
Oct 02, 2010 11:52 AM
Excellent find AND photo Tim!! 
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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MikeMurphy
Oct 04, 2010 01:35 PM
Very nice Tim. You can't beat a nice black rat snake. They are just a perfect snake IMO.
cochran
Oct 07, 2010 04:37 PM
Nice blackrat Tim! They've always been one of my favorite natives. Jeff
