Orange Florida Rat Snake

Classically these snakes have yellow irises and four barrow brown stripes that go down their backs.

Orange florida rat snake. I was taking the dog for an evening walk in the dark and stepped on something soft. They are found in almost every habitat where they prey on rodents birds and birds eggs. This snake is a hybrid that s also part black rat snake. Deckerti is characterized by a combination of stripes and blotches throughout life with yellowish orange to deep burnt orange background.

Yellow rat snakes are primarily found in florida and they have orange or yellow coloring. According to the cincinnati zoo yellow rat snakes are the most common rat snake in the florida peninsula. The corn snake pantherophis guttatus is a north american species of rat snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. No longer available.

Florida snakes visual identification. I followed it until it went into a bed of ferns. Deckert s rat snake elaphe obsoleta deckerti. Others have dark or light markings organized into stripes spots blotches or some other pattern.

I turned on my little flashlight and saw a beautiful little two foot long red rat snake. Burnt orange striped and blotched deckert s rat snake rat snakes from the florida keys and the extreme southern mainland of florida were formerly known as elaphe obsoleta deckerti. Some are single uniform colors. The red rat snake is the best climbing species of snake in florida tallahassee museum n d.

It is found throughout the southeastern and central united states though superficially resembling the venomous copperhead and often killed as a result of this mistaken identity corn snakes lack functional venom and are harmless and beneficial to humans by helping to. Top of page back to snakes. The snake s irises are yellow in color and they have four brown stripes going down their backs too. I live in orange park florida my mini pinscher was at back door alarming me of a snake possibly a foot long a maroon with black spot does anyone know what kind this snake is.

I forgot to take my phone camera with me so no photos. The gray rat snake elaphe obsoleta spiloides is the gray subspecies of rat snake is found in the florida panhandle and west into louisiana. Its average length ranges from 30 48 inches 76 2 121 92 centimeters but it can grow up to 72 inches 182 9 centimeters. Here is a quick look at most of florida s snakes by pattern.

The most familiar rat snakes in the florida peninsula are the yellow rat snakes. These beautiful snakes have a gray body with large blotches along the back and sides. It was a happy ending.