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Originally Posted by wawriwwawriw
Looks like a southern black racer. I am surprised it came back so close to you. Normally they are afraid of anything bigger than him. Not venomous , they eat small rodents, insect, eggs, birds, frogs, lizards and other snakes.
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I thought Black Racer also when I saw the picture. Great shot!
I've had a couple of encounters with them, once when walking along an MMP. I heard a commotion in the underbrush next to the trail, and a good sized Black Racer came bolting out. He saw me, slammed on the brakes, turned around and dove back into the brush. They're not called "racer" for nothing. This guy moved quick.
Second one about a month ago, a juvenile maybe 10-12" long inside our house near the guest bathroom. Probably got in through that bathroom as I understand they crawl along the outside of pipes and will enter the house of there is a hole big enough or if the metal sealing ring isn't tight (as in this case) and it doesn't take much of a hole for a little snake like that. I saw it first--good thing as my wife is terrified of them, and cornered it in the bathroom, picking it up and putting it in a box until I could ascertain just what it was. Feisty little bugger though! I doubt he'd even been able to draw blood if he bit me but that didn't keep him from trying. Released him under the hedge.