{"id":9404,"date":"2024-04-05T10:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2024-04-05T10:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:35:58","slug":"snake-in-the-bricks-2024-04-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/snake-in-the-bricks-2024-04-02.html","title":{"rendered":"Snake in the bricks 2024-04-02"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nWhen I moved this piece of steel roofing so I could park the truck there,\r\na thin black snake looked at me startled.\r\n<p>\r\nThen it ran towards the bricks, then into the leaves.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Snake in the bricks and in the leaves\" name=\"MMM:Snake-in-the-bricks-and-in-the-leaves\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Snake in the bricks and in the leaves]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/many.html\">Snake in the bricks and in the leaves<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nI think it&#8217;s a southern black racer <em>(Coluber constrictor priapus)<\/em>.\r\nAm I right?<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"SitB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/#SitB\">SitB<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Snake-in-the-bricks\" name=\"SitB:Snakeinthebricks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-bricks.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-bricks.jpg\"  alt=\"[Snake-in-the-bricks]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-bricks.html\">Snake-in-the-bricks<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Snake-in-the-leaves\" name=\"SitB:Snakeintheleaves\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-leaves.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-leaves.jpg\"  alt=\"[Snake-in-the-leaves]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/snake-in-the-leaves.html\">Snake-in-the-leaves<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"Context\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/#Context\">Context<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Snake from under the steel roofing\" name=\"Context:Snake-from-under-the-steel-roofing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_02.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_02.jpg\"  alt=\"[Snake from under the steel roofing]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_02.html\">Snake from under the steel roofing<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Snake heading for cover\" name=\"Context:Snake-heading-for-cover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_01.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_01.jpg\"  alt=\"[Snake heading for cover]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-04-02--black-racer-snake\/20240402_174210_01.html\">Snake heading for cover<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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&#8217;s a southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus). 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