Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata

Yellow Rat Snake

Florida Distribution: most of state.

Identification: up to 2.1 M. Four dark stripes in adult snakes.

A young snake that is changing between juvenile and adult pattern.

The difference isn't as obvious in this shot.

A wild snake showing how it got its common name.

Hmmm I'll take the one on the fat one in the back.

Going...

...going...

...almost...gone.

A different snake with something(s) digesting. If you think it is stressed facing me while being disadvantaged with a huge meal. Imagine how I felt when I went to lift a kayak onto the car and this thing fell out of the cockpit onto my head.