Florida Backyard Snakes
A Website Dedicated to the Identification of Florida Snakes
Florida Backyard Snakes
A Website Dedicated to the Identification of Florida Snakes
North American Black Racer
Coluber constrictor
Average size: 20-56 inches; Record 72 inches.
Range: Throughout most of Florida.
Diet: Lizards, snakes, frogs, insects, rodents and small birds.
Status: Common
Note that the Southern BlackRacer has a white chin. An Indigo Snake normally has a dark to reddish orange chin.
The first three photos are Southern Black Racers (Coluber constrictor priapus). The photo second from the bottom is a Brown Chinned Racer (Coluber constrictor helvigularis), found in the Apalachicola National Forest region. The last photo is an Everglades Racer (Coluber constrictor paludicola), found south of Lake Okeechobee and on Merritt Island.
