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Snake I.D. please


Logolight

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This black snake frequently travels through my yard.  I live in Jacksonville, FL near a lake.  I think it's a Black Racer but I don't know if could also be a Water Moccasin.  It's about 3 1/2 feet long with a white chin.  Anyone know what this is so I know if I need to keep my distance?

Thanks

Dave

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Here's another picture from a slightly different angle.

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Jacksonville, FL

Zone 9a

 

First Officer

Air Wisconsin Airlines (USairways Express)

Canadair Regional Jet

Base: ORF

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Looks like a black racer to me. Not 100% sure though.

Joe

Joe Dombrowski

Discovery Island Palms Nursery

San Marcos, CA

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(TooShort @ Aug. 23 2006,17:08)

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LOGO, THATS A BLK. RACER. NEXT TIME USE PALAPA TO POST NON PLAM TOPICS. GET WITH THE PROGRAM :angry:

Eeeeeeeasy there cowboy!

Jacksonville, FL

Zone 9a

 

First Officer

Air Wisconsin Airlines (USairways Express)

Canadair Regional Jet

Base: ORF

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Almost every garden in the eastern US has a black racer, so there's a very intimate correlation between snakes and palms.  

Logolight's beauty isn't nearly bulky enough to be a federally threatened indigo snake, and it doesn't have the indigo snake's red chin--the chin's racer-white (Fla. Museum of Natural History's snake guide).  

Racers do well around people, I think in part because they tend to stay out of sight.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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