Snake ID

[rtp]

Blue indigo...good snake!

Best snake going in my opinion.

[bowhunterhelm]

Black racer....

Not an Indigo.

[ajavelina]

Black racer

[LloydMcCoy]

Negative. That is a coachwhip for sure.. There are yellow and black coachwhips all over Texas. A blue indigo is a much heavier snake with a different head all together. We have both snakes all around us here and I assure you that is a coachwip or black racer...

It's not a blue indigo. It's certainly not a coachwhip. You Are wrong on this one for sure. I'd even put money on I if u are interested. Pm me if you would like to donate to the lloydmccoy hunting fund

[LloydMcCoy]

http://www.texassnakes.net/educate.html

[Snakelover]

Either Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) or Black Racer (Coluber constrictor). Need a better picture of the head scales. I'm kind of leaning toward Black Racer. Just because a Coachwhip with black over this much of its body isn't as common. Usually they start to lighten a little toward the tail.

[ken]

I'm voting for black racer. It doesn't look like an indigo and the terrain looks like east Texas where there aren't indigos. Most coachwips aren't that black and I've never seen one sitting still.

[randal]

I would run don't care what it is..

[mlmtx01]

I've never seen a coachwhip that dark.

[BigPigSticker]

A long slender excuse to break your neck

My thoughts exactly

[Tommyh]

black mamba!

[denimdeerslayer]

Black racer.

[El Viejo]

The range of the Texas Indigo generally does not extend north beyond a line from about Del Rio to Victoria, so if you are in East Texas, that is not what it is. Also, as has been mentioned, the one in the pic is much too thin for an indigo. If the tail fades to brown as mentioned, then it's an Eastern Coachwhip. A tail that does not fade to brown belongs to a Southern Black Racer, so my vote is for Coachwhip.

[stinkbelly]

Another good snake thread. I had no idea there were black coachwhips. I thought they were all light tan.

[LloydMcCoy]

Just talked with the snake guy and he said he may have misidentified the snake. He said it is in fact a eastern coachwhip. I am sorry to all. I hate being wrong and hate admitting it more. But I was. Dangit. Eastern coachwhip it is . Gla I didn't bet. Cause I woulda lost this one. Indigos have not been found in walker county as of yet.