Corn Snake Key Largo Florida 2010

Corn snake Key Largo FLCorn Snake Key Largo FL

Found this poor animal lying motionless in the parking lot at the Marine Lab Education Center Key Largo. I  walked around the compound that evening looking for Geckos and Anoles or anything else I could find that night.  When my head lamp beam illuminated this guy I thought for a moment that maybe it could be something dangerous given the bright coloration. In Florida thre are many species of snakes (and god knows how many exotic ones ) and of one I certainly didn’t want was a bite from- the coral snake.  Once my eyes adjusted I could tell it was a corn snake. Unfortunatley it had been  mortally wounded by a local cat.

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