Took the dog for a hike today and stumbled across this little guy. I think it is a elaphe obsoleta. He froze up instead of raced off so that's why I was thinking rat snake instead of racer... Or maybe he is a coluber constrictor? Or something else? I am in western NC, and he was spotted around 2pm.
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BeelzeBall. (02-03-2017),CALM Pythons (02-03-2017)
I don't think it's a black rat. It looks too 'angry' and the scales seem rougher and larger. It looks a lot like a black racer to me.
voodoolamb (02-03-2017)
Should have gone with my instinct! I thought he was a racer at first, then talked myself out of it with his unracer-y behavior. Then again it IS February, it was nice out but that could explain his sluggishness. Either way it was pretty cool to stumble across him so early in the year.
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