Gray ratsnake on the Bicentennial trail, Ashland City TN

[KarenL]

We manage to fit in a bit of field herping this morning. After an hour of trudging through muddy water and poison ivy off-trail along the river's edge without finding a single cottonmouth, we climbed back up to the trail and found this 5' long beauty! It did give me a bit of a snagging when I picked it up!

[jpsteele80]

Nice find, he's a beauty

[KarenL]

We also found this 4' long plain-bellied watersnake -

[KarenL]

Thanks JP!

[EL Ziggy]

Nice finds and awesome pics Karen.

[sharthun]

Beautiful rat snake! Love the water snake's defensive display! Nice finds!

[KarenL]

Thanks EL-Ziggy and Sharthun! I'm about to start a new contract so unfortunately I won't have too much time to spend playing with snakes for a while.

[FWK]

Nice finds, that Gray Rat is a beauty.

[KarenL]

Thank you FWK!