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Eastern rat snake (subadult), Pantherophis quadrivittatus, in Maryland P. alleghaniensis is found in the United States east of the Apalachicola River in Florida, east of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, east of the Appalachian Mountains, north to southeastern New York and western Vermont, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, south to the Florida Keys.
C. coccinea is found only in the United States.It is native to peninsular Florida, [9] and found in southeastern Texas, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware; with disjunct populations in New Jersey and central Missouri.
The northern scarlet snake grows to 36–51 cm (14–20 inches) in total length (tail included). It is typically a gray or white base color, with 17–24 red blotches bordered by black running down the back. The black borders on the blotches often join on the lower sides of the snake forming a line down the length of the body.
Cemophora coccinea coccinea, also known commonly as the Florida scarlet snake, is the nominotypical subspecies of the scarlet snake. C. c. coccinea is a nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The subspecies is endemic to the state of Florida in the southeastern United States.
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 ...
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 ...
Western yellow-bellied racer (C. c. mormon) Southern black racer (C. c. priapus) eating a southern leopard frog, in Georgia. The eastern racers are fast-moving, highly active, diurnal snakes. Their diet consists primarily of small rodents, other mammals (as large as small cottontail rabbits), frogs, toads, small turtles, lizards, and other snakes.
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