Coluber constrictor priapus
Southern Black Racer
Coluber constrictor priapus: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
- Class: Reptilia (reptiles)
- Order: Squamata (snakes, lizards)
- Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
- Genus: Coluber
- Species: Coluber constrictor priapus
- Common Names: Southern Black Racer, Southern Racer, Black Racer, Black Snake, Pilot Snake
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Coluber constrictor priapus - (juvenile) - resting on Hyptis mutabilis (tropical bush mint). Note the small blotches; as the snake gradually turns black over its first year, the blotches fade into the overall blackness of the snake.
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Coluber constrictor priapus - (juvenile); this is the same snake as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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