Black And White Diamond Pattern Snake

Black rat snakes have skin showing around their scales which makes a small white diamond pattern.

Black and white diamond pattern snake.

No subspecies are currently recognized. Black racer adults have a black body with a white chin and throat and a gray to almost a bluish gray colored belly. I moved a cross tie and at the end of it were 15 snake eggs. Over time this snake darkens and can grow to be 4 to 6 feet long.

As its name implies black rat snakes eat mice small rats and other rodents. It has a black body with a white chin though hatchlings may be pale gray marked with black blotches. The black rat snake lives from the east coast through midwestern north america. The snakes are white with black spots on the bottom.

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. The egg laying nonvenomous snake hibernates and often enters homes because it is good at climbing. Rodents are their main food source which explains their name. It lives in elevations from below sea level up to 6 500 feet.

Adults have a black body with a white chin and throat and a white or pale yellow belly. Rat snakes also eat frogs birds and eggs. Red diamond rattlesnake crotalus scutulatus mojave rattlesnake crotalus tigris. Of black gray and white with no truly distinguishable pattern although to some it may appear slightly diamond shaped.

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