Identify this snake...

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

hehe will i'm a bit of a wuss so had that snake gotten ahold of me I would have run screaming like a little girl cuz I had no idea if it was venomous. :oops: :rofl:

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Awesome mental image. Truly. :P :gj:

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

hehe will i'm a bit of a wuss so had that snake gotten ahold of me I would have run screaming like a little girl cuz I had no idea if it was venomous. :oops: :rofl:

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LOL x2

That's a pretty common response, though... but remember there are only four types of dangerous venomous snakes in the U.S.: Cottonmouths, Copperheads, Coral and Rattlesnakes. Everything else is just cuddly. :D

black racer or black rat snake

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Originally Posted by firebellied

Hiya!

Yup, as daniel1983 rightly said, it's a Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)

And it would've struck at you like a banshee if you'd tried to get a hold of it!!! :D

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well if you want to get into the subspecies, it is a southern black racer, Coluber constrictor priapus. the subspecies you gave is the northern black racer.

anyway, for anyone in Florida, here is a great guide to our snakes:

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology...snakeslist.htm

Black racer. Ive been spotting them left and right up here in jacksonville.