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Florida Pine Snake (with meal in belly)
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus
30.5445, -86.5047
Field Notes
Description:
Average size: 48-66 inches; Record 90 inches. Young are 19-20 inches
at birth.
Diet: Pocket gophers, small mammals and birds.
Status: Special Concern. Rare. Population is decreasing mainly from
habitat reduction. Seldom seen spending up to 85% of its life in gopher
burrows.
Hisses loudly. When first encountered will hold its own by striking
vigorously. A large, powerful constrictor. This is my favorite Florida
snake.
Habitat:
Range: From around Lake Okeechobee north throughout rest of state.
Notes:
These are my father's snake pictures. He sent them to me to post for Project Noah. I'll set him up with an account of his own and remove (or as someone at Project Noah) to move his pictures from my account when I set him up his own account. He reported, that he was on the way back from the mail box when his "Eagle Scout" brain thought..."be on the lookout for snakes" and he saw this. It stayed put long enough for him to get a camera from inside. It had eaten something recently and in the first picture you can see the contour of it in the snake belly. He said it was non-venemous.
http://www.floridabackyardsnakes.com/FloridaPineSnake.html
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/Pituophismmugitus.htm
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