Grows up to 55 inches in length and lives up to 30 years. Hibernates in communal dens below the frost line. It's a proficient climber and is a true constrictor - squeezing its prey to death by coiling around it. Then it swallows it whole!
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
A Serpent Comes to Visit
Elaphe vulpina - Western Fox Snake or Spotted Adder.
Grows up to 55 inches in length and lives up to 30 years. Hibernates in communal dens below the frost line. It's a proficient climber and is a true constrictor - squeezing its prey to death by coiling around it. Then it swallows it whole!
Grows up to 55 inches in length and lives up to 30 years. Hibernates in communal dens below the frost line. It's a proficient climber and is a true constrictor - squeezing its prey to death by coiling around it. Then it swallows it whole!
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