Close-up photo of a snake freezing in place while attempting to cross a blacktop road. The snake is blackish above –– very glossy and beautiful –– and matte white below. If the photo was clearer and higher resolution, I think we could make out my own image reflected in the snake's eye!

I met this magnificent Western (Black) Rat Snake last night.

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We found a #WesternRatSnake shed on the other side of my #shed the other day, and yesterday I found this sleek, glossy snake in the grass nearby.