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Article #128Re: CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS SNAKE?
From: Don Alford
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00
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Your snake is one of the many subspecies of Elaphe obsoleta. (Harmless rat snake). Depending on where you live, it could be a black rat snake, yellow rat snake, grey rat snake, everglades rat snake, etc., etc., etc. Also sometimes called chicken snake...........or oak snake. They reach six feet in length on occasion, and are very beneficial in that they consume large quantities of rodents. Unfortunately, they also eat birds. I made the mistake of picking up a slightly smaller specimen of yellow rat snake eighteen years ago. Still feeding it and cleaning up after the damn thing. Make sure you're in for the long haul before you decide to adopt it! Regards, Don -- Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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