Life in the country....

Today I walked over from the reptile building to the house and startled a coachwhip snake about 5 foot long who was prowling around on the porch. Probably looking for the resident skinks and anoles that live there.

Then the other day I found a ring-necked snake right in front of the door to the reptile building. First I have seen around here.

Then several weeks back, Connie found a rough green snake who had gotten tangled in a banana spider web that I had to rescue. I took some video of this one, but it's in that pile of video files somewhere... :shrugs:

Also had a few deer prowling around in the front lawn a short while back. They are probably the culprits that got my peach crop (all dozen of them) this year...

Why does everyone have a coachwhip on their doorstep except me???

Nanci said:

Why does everyone have a coachwhip on their doorstep except me???

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Come on over. If you can catch him, you can have him...... :grin01:

coachwhip? i think i will pass. I have enough problems with red racers.

krtemt said:

coachwhip? i think i will pass. I have enough problems with red racers.

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Actually...the red racer IS a coachwhip. Masticophis flagellum piceus is technically the Red Coachwhip, not a red racer. A racer would be in the Coluber constrictor family, and there is technically no such thing as a red racer.

Just for clarification sake...