NASCAR

Southern black racer.
Coluber constrictor priapus.
August 12th, 2005.
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge;
Deleon Springs, Florida.
Nikon CPix 5700.
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Pardon the exceedingly lame title... But really, those scales do look like tire tread! And this is, after all, the Southern black racer... I choke on my own attempted humor.

This is one of my favorite racer shots, although it is really, really dark and prints even darker. Still, it fits the mood of this racer, as I recollect it. Fast, agile and highly alert, racers can be fairly tricky to get your hands on - especially if they get a head start (which they often do in my experience).

The chilly morning this was taken served me well for this photograph. The snake was much slower to respond than usual...

~ janson