Yes, that is a typical looking juvenile Black Ratsnake. And that is a very typical defensive posture for them to display as well, many times vibrating their tale at the same time when agitated.

Nice find!


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

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• Just a Baby Black Rat? - Liann, Mon Oct 5 08:13:05 2009
• Forgot to mention... - Liann, Mon Oct 5 08:15:26 2009
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DMong, Mon Oct 5 10:43:14 2009
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Liann, Mon Oct 5 10:47:25 2009
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DMong, Mon Oct 5 11:24:31 2009
• Dmong.... - FRoberts, Mon Oct 5 17:36:45 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - DMong, Mon Oct 5 20:11:23 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - varanid, Mon Oct 5 22:27:11 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - DMong, Tue Oct 6 11:59:52 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - chrish, Tue Oct 6 12:02:13 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - varanid, Tue Oct 6 12:12:09 2009
• Talking smack? - tokaysrnice, Sat Oct 10 18:52:19 2009
• impressive animal =) n/p - FRoberts, Sat Oct 10 18:56:10 2009
• Thanks! n/p - tokaysrnice, Sun Oct 11 19:47:47 2009
• RE: Talking smack? - varanid, Sun Oct 11 10:36:57 2009
• RE: Talking smack? - tokaysrnice, Sun Oct 11 19:49:49 2009
• RE: Talking smack??????? - JYohe, Sun Oct 11 19:33:03 2009
• RE: Talking smack??????? - tokaysrnice, Sun Oct 11 20:01:26 2009
• RE: Talking smack??????? - varanid, Wed Oct 14 00:06:50 2009
• RE: Talking smack??????? - varanid, Wed Oct 14 00:10:19 2009
• RE: Talking smack??????? - DMong, Sun Oct 11 20:17:55 2009
• Talking ??????? - JYohe, Fri Oct 16 16:02:54 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - JYohe, Sun Oct 11 19:29:36 2009
• Exactly what is wrong in the Hobby. - tokaysrnice, Sun Oct 11 20:04:06 2009
• Exactly what is the Hobby. - JYohe, Fri Oct 16 15:56:24 2009
• I think we're on the same page... - tokaysrnice, Sat Oct 17 20:46:44 2009
• perfect example of a yellow rat n/p - FRoberts, Tue Oct 6 12:53:41 2009
• thanks! n/p - DMong, Tue Oct 6 20:37:20 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - Steve_Craig, Tue Oct 6 22:32:50 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - DMong, Wed Oct 7 00:07:13 2009
• RE: Dmong.... - tokaysrnice, Sat Oct 10 18:53:59 2009