


The bifurcations of the crossbars are usually not present, nor are the ventrolateral nigra have thin crossbars and irregular lateral spotting. There were no substantial differences between sexes Sexual Dimorphism: Adult males (635-1,456 mm SVL,Īve. Supralabials white to yellow and bordered in black.
#Juvenile black racer series
Irregular, alternating series of black-and-white patches, or venter black with small yellowish spots ventral pattern sometimes faded and mayīe obscure head black with varying numbers of white or yellow spots infralabials and Patches venter black with continuations of ventrolateral patches forming a highly Not be present crossbars on tail not divided, and usually connect with ventrolateral Ventrolateral patches crossbars often incomplete or broken, and lateral bifurcations may Wide) or with an irregular number of small white to yellow spots if crossbars present, mostĭivide on sides at about scale row 5 and arms often connect with irregular white to yellow Scales usually 2+3/2+3 (85.0%, n = 94) or other combinations of 2-4 (15.0%).Ĭoloration and Pattern: Dorsal body color black withĪ series of 18-39 (ave. Midbody, or maybe 20,22, or 23 (10.1%) anal plate undivided infralabials 9/9 (78.8%, n =ĩ9) or other combinations of 8-10 (21.2%) supralabials 7/7 (88.7%, n = 97) or otherĬombinations of 6-8 (11.3%) loreal scale present preoculars 1/1 postoculars 2/2 temporal In this study, tail length/total length was 9.1-14.5% Virginia, maximum known snout-vent length (SVL) is 1,456 mm (57.3 inches) and maximum total Description: A large, stout snake reaching a maximum total length of 2,083 mm (82.0 inches) (Conant and Collins, 1991).
