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As with the previous photo, this adult Southern Black Racer (<i>Coluber constrictor constrictor</I>), from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois, was a giant! There may not be Indigo snakes (<i>Drymarchon</i>) in Illinois, but who needs them when the racers are this big! This old snake showed many tail-telling battle scars that are so often associated with a long and clearly successful life.
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As with the previous photo, this adult Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor), from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois, was a giant! There may not be Indigo snakes (Drymarchon) in Illinois, but who needs them when the racers are this big! This old snake showed many tail-telling battle scars that are so often associated with a long and clearly successful life.

Heron PondIllinoisSouthern Black RacerColuber constrictor constrictoradultbig black snake

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  • Eastern Kingsnake (<i>Lampropeltis getula</i>) Seminole County, Georgia September 2013
  • Western Rat Snake (<i>Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus</i>) with an intense red coloration gleaming though from between the slick liquid black of its scales. This good sized adult was found in a sand-prairie in southwestern Missouri.
  • Midwestern Worm Snake (<i>Carphophis amoenus helenae</i>) from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois
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  • As with the previous photo, this adult Southern Black Racer (<i>Coluber constrictor constrictor</I>), from the Heron Pond area in southern Illinois, was a giant! There may not be Indigo snakes (<i>Drymarchon</i>) in Illinois, but who needs them when the racers are this big! This old snake showed many tail-telling battle scars that are so often associated with a long and clearly successful life.
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  • Brown water snake (<i>Nerodia taxispilota</i>) in-situ in a cypress dome in Everglades National Park, Florida April 2013
  • Brown water snake (<i>Nerodia taxispilota</i>) in-situ in a cypress dome in Everglades National Park, Florida April 2013
  • Brown water snake (<i>Nerodia taxispilota</i>) in-situ in a cypress dome in Everglades National Park, Florida April 2013
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