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I'm not an expert but I am thinking it is a bull snake. If not I am pretty stupid for trying to get close up shots. I should have bought that 300mm lens I saw on CL this morning!!
The Bullsnake is a large nonvenomous snake. They can often exceed 8 feet in length. This makes them among the largest US snakes. They are usually yellow in color, with brown, black or sometimes reddish colored blotching. Many color variations have been found. Bullsnakes eat small mammals, such as mice, rats, pocket gophers, ground squirrels, rabbits, as well as ground nesting birds, birds' eggs lizards. Juvenile bullsnakes depend on small lizards, frogs, and baby mice. Bullsnakes kill their prey via constriction. The idea that bullsnakes occasionally eat rattlesnakes is sometimes touted as a reason for humans not to harm bull snakes when encountering them in the wild, although a better reason is the bullsnake's role in controlling warm-blooded vermin such as rodents. Though some bullsnakes can be docile, and with some time become accustomed to handling, most bullsnakes are quite defensive and known for their perceived "bad attitude". When threatened by anything as large as a human, a bullsnake's primary defense is to rear up and make it look as large as possible. They typically then begin lunging and backtracking at the same time in order to escape.
I don't know why I opened this. I think I just died a little.
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