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Texas Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri
33.1527, -97.0182
Field Notes
Description:
The Texas rat snake is a fairly large snake. It can reach 6 feet or 1.8 meters. They vary greatly in color and patterning throughout their range, but they are typically yellow or tan in color, with brown to olive-green, irregular blotching from head to tail. The belly is typically a solid gray or white in color.
Habitat:
This one seems to live in the garden and I see it a couple of times a year sliding across the doorways or driveway.
Notes:
The Texas rat snake has a voracious appetite, consuming large numbers of rodents and birds, and sometimes lizards and frogs which they subdue with constriction. This one had several small lumps along its length.
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