Gretchen was very amused to see me do the snake dance.
This corn snake was lying in the path at the edge of the field,
and I almost stepped on it.
Probably it was sunning itself to get warm.
It's harmless, except to small rodents that live in corn fields. Elaphe guttata is a constrictor. This one was 3 or 4 feet long. They're native to the U.S. southeast from New Jersey to Texas. I did not know until that day that corn snakes can climb trees.
Here he is stretched out:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 February 2011.
-jsq
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