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Eating a southern leopard frog. The southern black racer is a predator that relies on lizards, insects, moles, birds, eggs, small snakes, rodents, and frogs. Despite its specific name constrictor (scientific name: Coluber constrictor), the racer is more likely to suffocate or crush its victim into the ground, rather than coiling around it in typical constrictor fashion.
1.1 Black Racers (Coluber) 1.2 Coachwhips (Masticophis) 1.3 Red Belly Snakes (Storeria) ... Red-Bellied Watersnake; Florida green water snake; Salt marsh snake;
The rest of the belly is a greenish-white color. It also has two rows of black spots between the back and side stripes. It also has a long tail that is about one-third of the length of its body. The labial scales around the mouth of the snake are unmarked and uniformly bright yellow or white.
Florida wildlife officials are caring for a rare two-headed snake after a family found the strange reptile in Palm Harbor. The southern black racer is bicephalic, meaning it has two heads, likely ...
The bluestripe ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita nitae), which belongs in the same family as the garter snakes, is a subspecies of the ribbon snake that occurs along the Gulf Coast in Florida. Adults are thin and are black with a mid-dorsal stripe that is a lighter shade of black and two blue stripes, hence the name "bluestripe ribbon snake".
The belly is white, yellowish-white, or tan, marked with dark spots, and becomes darker posteriorly. The amount of dark pigment on the belly varies from virtually none to almost completely black. The head is a more or less uniform brown color, especially in A. p. piscivorus .
Nearly 200 snakes, representing 24 species that are among the “most dangerous in the world,” were bought and sold as part of an undercover illegal wildlife trafficking investigation in Florida ...
Rather than trying to bite a predator, the snake winds up its tail into a corkscrew, exposing its brightly colored belly. [7] Ring-necked snakes are primarily nocturnal or highly crepuscular, though some diurnal activity has been observed. [7] Individuals are sometimes found during the day, especially on cloudy days, sunning themselves to gain ...