This photo was taken by Sean McCann in Vero Beach, Florida. Vero Beach
is on the Atlantic Ocean a little south of the midpoint of the peninsula.
He email'ed it to me and asked my opinion.
I think it is a Yellow Rat Snake which is gray in color. It clearly
has the four dark stripes which characterize Yellow Rat Snakes. Sean
estimated that it was 200 cm (or 78 inches) in length. If his estimate
is close, there are few other species which reach that length. And it is
holding its neck in the S-curve which is typical of rat snakes.
Vero Beach is far south of the range of the Gray Rat Snake.
I thought I should let people know that this gray morph exists
in central Florida. I am posting this in the Field Forum and in the
Rat Snake Forum.
Any thoughts ?
My email is tspinker@hotmail.com and Sean's is smccann27@gmail.com
