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Black kingsnake (young of the year)

Lampropeltis nigra

Photo by KarenL
Published on Project Noah
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36.1053, -86.7422

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Description:

iPhone photo of one of this year's babies.

Reference Links:

http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/lamget.htm

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Comments (2)
LisaPowers
Congrats! This spotting has been featured as a PN Fact of the Day! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154899951215603/?type=1&theater Project Noah Fact of the Day: The largest and most diverse family of snakes in the world is the Colubridae. Do you know about these fascinating creatures? Learn more in this revisit to our PN blog: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/51221839017/colubridae-the-colubrids Black kingsnake (Lampropeltis nigra) spotted in Tennessee, USA by PN user KarenL: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/928046011
James McNair
Karen do you have any idea on the current membership number on PN? Just curious. Thank you!

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Snakes of the United States - Center for Snake Conservation
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PublishedOctober 14, 2014

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