snake
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.
I was lucky to notice this small snake along the trail. It kept very still, and I might have easily missed it. It was very small, taking up no more space than my outspread hand.
I have not been able to identify it. My best guess is that it is a juvenile something. Possibly a juvenile northern water snake or a juvenile black racer.
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Thanks for the input! Have you seen these before? Yeah, it looks much more gray than the ones I've seen online. And it wasn't near any water, so far as I could tell, which gave me some doubts.
Or a Pine Snake. It looks just like a pine snake I saw last weekend. I don't know how to post images (I got an OK pic of him) but here is a shot from UGA.
http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/pitmel2.jpg
Sorry, better link:
http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/pitmel.htm
Richard, thanks for your comment; but it seems unlikely that this was a pine snake. The link you posted at U Georgia says the pine snake only ranges as far north as NJ, while my photo was taken in MA.
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