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RE: Black snakes
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by Existential on June 18, 2009
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Technically, no. You may find a darker cottonmouth, but they are not predominately black.
There are 6 venomous species here in NC. Of those, three are rattlesnakes, making them easy to identify. The other three are copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes. Because corals are so rare, you are highly unlikely to see one of these unless you actively search for them.
That leaves copperheads and cottonmouths - copperheads are very common and are lightbrown with dark brown hourglass patterns. Cottonmouths are dark with olive bands and are usually (note the word usually) found near water.
For snake identification, I would recommend this site: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/herpcons/herps_of_nc/snakes/snakes.html
Nicole
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