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Black Snake

Photo by Sumner Haney
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A black long snake hanging onto a tree branch

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

It is scary and long

Species ID Suggestions

Black Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus

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AshleyT
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Comments (3)
BerrianA.HobbyIV
Judging by the coloration and the black and white pattern at the base of the body to the belly I believe it would be safe to say that this is a black Rat snake. To mention they are great climbers
Ava T-B
Welcome to Project Noah, Sumner Haney, I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
AshleyT
Please only put scientific names in the scientific name box, thank you
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PublishedMay 8, 2015

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