Herpetofauna: One Life's List

Pantherophis obsoletus spiloides
Gray Rat Snake

Lafayette Co., Florida. April 24 2003

The trailer looked abandoned, but it turned out there were people living there amidst piles of debris.  They graciously allowed us to prowl among the junk piled all around.  This beauty was photographed in situ, coiled calmly in these low branches a few scant feet from the hullabaloo of dogs, kids, and snake hunters.