When I moved this piece of steel roofing so I could park the truck there, a thin black snake looked at me startled.

Then it ran towards the bricks, then into the leaves.

Snake in the bricks and in the leaves

I think it’s a southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus). Am I right?

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Snake-in-the-bricks

Snake-in-the-leaves

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Snake from under the steel roofing

Snake heading for cover

-jsq

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