Ronald Losure's photos with the keyword: snake

Elaphe obsoleta ?

Agkistrodon contortrix

Resting in a small sweet-gum tree at early morning.

It is bigger on my computer screen than on the forest floor.

Agkistrodon piscivorus One of the world's few semiaquatic vipers, and is native to the southeastern United States. As an adult, it is large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus

Nerodia erythrogaster in the water valve box

Just a visitor to the patio. It slithered away a few minutes after I took the photos.

I was walking this morning when I noticed I was being watched. I think this is some type of rat snake (Pantherophis sp.).

Coluber constrictor

Coluber constrictor

Lampropeltis holbrooki

Lampropeltis holbrooki. Only two meters from the copperhead.

Agkistrodon contortrix

When I walked past this hole in a tree, I saw someone stick out his tongue. When I came closer, the snake withdrew further into the hole. Judging from its cloudy eye, I suspect it is about to shed its skin.

The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides), also commonly known as the central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus Pantherophis in the subfamily Colubrinae. The gray ratsnake is one of about ten species within the American ratsnake genus Pantherophis. (from Wikipedia). I showed this photo to a biologist at church this morning. He identified it immediately. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_ratsnake

I couldn't resist adding another shot of this cute little snake.