Donnelley WMA, SC: Scarlet Snake Find

Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea, at Donnelley WMA, South Carolina, USA
© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 82610432

The sun was climbing higher and brighter. The humidity and warm, stifling air was already bearing down on me, causing my feet to stumble through the thorns, briers and saw palmetto. I had been pushing through South Carolina low-country scrub for several hours already.

I was thankful to escape the bush and come out onto a dirt road that cut through the Donnelley Wildlife Management Area. As I walked through this shady mixed forest of hardwood and pine, I didn’t feel like lifting my heavy lens to shoot any birds. I just walked with my head looking down toward the ground. And that’s when I spotted it…!

Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea, at Donnelley WMA, South Carolina, USA
© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 82610432

A glint of color caught my eye amongst all the green vegetation lining the road. A snake! My normal reaction was to reach down and grab it. But the colors were red, black and yellow. I had to take a moment to calculate this one before grabbing. But I quickly recognized it as the harmless pattern of a non-venomous variety. I reached down and quickly grabbed this small Scarlet Snake.

This cute little snake was quite docile and calmly sat in my hand as I switched from my 600mm lens to a macro lens. A beautiful find! The first I’ve found in my thirty years of herping.

Photographed in the Donnelley Wildlife Management Area; Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Publicado el 20 de junio de 2021 por williamwisephoto williamwisephoto

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