Black 2 white 2 tail bottom scale divided yes 67 no 2 tail plain black no 143 yes 14 tail rings none 119.
Black and white diamond back snake.
The blotches have dark edges are often outlined in cream or pale gray and are peppered with dark speckles.
Some living in the mountains are completely black.
There are two dark diagonal lines on each side of its face running from the eyes to its jaws.
Rodents are their main food source which explains their name.
There are two dark diagonal lines on each side of its face running from the eyes to its jaws.
Black rat snakes have skin showing around their scales which makes a small white diamond pattern.
It lives in elevations from below sea level up to 6 500 feet.
It has dark diamond shaped patterns along is back.
The one diamond back was an eastern diamond back rattler which is venomous.
The western diamondback rattlesnake crotalus atrox is a heavy bodied snake with a triangular shaped head.
The higher above sea level it lives the thinner its stripes tend to be.
The tail has black and white bands just above the rattles.
The western diamondback rattlesnake crotalus atrox is a heavy bodied snake with a triangular shaped head.
Rat snakes also eat frogs birds and eggs.
It has dark diamond shaped patterns along is back.
The common kingsnake normally has sparse chain like white bands.
Not a picky animal.
This snake likes open grassy areas but also woodland desert foothills streams canals and swamps.
As a juvenile it would be ready to shed and does have some patterning on the back.
No subspecies are currently recognized.
A row of large brown to sandy brown diamond shaped blotches lines the back.
Black striped snake contia tenuis sharptail snake crotalus adamanteus eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
However black racers are usually smaller and tend to have more white markings than rat snakes.
That ws the first.
They are non vemomous but can be very obnoxious is challanged.
All the other snakes you said no to were all from the region.
I could not find a good picture for you.
The tail is marked with alternating black and white bands that are roughly equal in width.
Adults have a black body with a white chin and throat and a white or pale yellow belly.
The egg laying nonvenomous snake hibernates and often enters homes because it is good at climbing.
The tail has black and white bands just above the rattles.
Juveniles are white to gray with brown or black spots.
This nervous snake will readily bite in its own defense though it causes little damage.
The western diamondback rattlesnake or texas diamond back crotalus atrox is a venomous rattlesnake species found in the southwestern united states and mexico it is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern mexico and the greatest number of snakebites in the u s.
Black racer adults have a black body with a white chin and throat and a gray to almost a bluish gray colored belly.
