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Photo by BethGriffin
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown with hexagonal back pattern. White belly

Habitat:

Along house near pasture

Species ID Suggestions

Gray Ratsnake

Pantherophis spiloides
The Ford Plantation
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Comments (1)
Dragunov2
Not a rat snake. It's a juvenile Racer (Coluber sp) Racers hunt by sight. Note the large eyes. Juvenile rat snakes are patterned differently on the head and body also. Easy to make that mistake though. :)
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PublishedAugust 19, 2017

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