Help identify another snake (Boca Raton, week of 10/2
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Here’s a small snake, not much bigger than my shoe seen in Boca Raton, Florida circa 10/25/21.
It liked curling up in multiple ways, and sometimes appeared to play dead. I wondered if it was sick. It actually stayed around in that same exact place for 2-3 days but isn’t there anymore. Almost as if it had moved in there. What is it? Thanks in advance. |
Juvenile Southern Black Racer (Constrictor coluber priapus) Undergoing ontogenic color change. These get darker and darker with each shed.
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No, this is a juvenile eastern coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum, not a southern black racer. The extreme slenderness of the snake and the pointed nose is what gives it away.
https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/masfla.htm |
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https://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/snakes/coachwhip.shtml Here is a juvenile Eastern coachwhip from the same location (Boca Raton, FL): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30959641 Here is a juvenile Southern black racer from the same location (Boca Raton, FL): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83068863 Here is another juvenile Eastern coachwhip from the same county (Miami-Dade): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90134801 |
Based on the way it acted, I would have to agree with Vanessa that it is a young coachwhip. I actually caught an adult a while back that went catatonic in my hands and played dead even when I laid it on the ground. NEVER seen a black racer do that.
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Its a classic black racer juvenile... common sight especially in urbanized Miami-Dade Co. Here's some I hatched last month for comparison. |
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But be that as it may, young black racers and young coachwhips will look very similar, and without giving a particular animal a close inspection, I guess we will never know what it really was at this point. |
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