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Gray Rat Snake

Elaphe obsoleta spiloides

Photo by elaphrus
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33.0533, -90.2548

Field Notes

Habitat:

Bottomland hardwood forest.

Notes:

It always amazes me to see a Black or Gray Rat Snake climb a tree, using their ventral scales to hang on to nothing more than vertical bark.

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PublishedMarch 23, 2013

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