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Black Rat Snake

Elaphe obsoleta

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Field Notes

Description:

Slender, shiny black, approximately 3 1/2 feet long.

Habitat:

Grass and wooded area of SW Virginia.

Notes:

Took this shot next to my camper on my farm property in the town of Allisonia, Virginia, deep in the mountains of southwest Virginia.

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Elaphe obsoleta

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PublishedJune 17, 2011

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