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I live in S Florida and work for Miami-Dade County. These pictures are from a snake that another county inspector encountered in a rural area of the county. He said that the snake was at least 3 feet long. I know the pictures aren't very clear, but could anybody help ID it? I know it doesn't look like any native snake...actually it looks kind of like a black mamba...am I right (i hope not, we have enough trouble with the Everglades pythons)

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Another pic of the same sanke

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Looks like your trying to post the picture from your email, its not going to work. Check out Kingsnakes "Photo tab" for a free place to upload your photo, then post a link here.

Thank you for the tip...Hope that the pics upload now

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Harmless Black Racer. Definitely native and very common FL snake

Yeah, where I live in central Florida, They are just about an everyday sighting..LOL!

~Doug

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Thanks for the replies. I never saw the snake. My co-worker did., but he did say that it wasn't black, but greyish green
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I was wondering if the photo was accurately colored or not, because that is what I thought I was seeing too. In that case, it was a very close relative of the Black Racer, the Everglades Racer (Coluber c. paludicola).

regards, ~Doug

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n/p

This looks more like it! Thanks! I knew it wans't a black racer...
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