Brown Snake Black Diamond Pattern. Blotches usually refer to patterns with no symmetry. However some individuals are an un-patterned ebony black or dark grey.
Males have small raised bumps papillae under the chin. The tail has black and white bands just above the rattles. The pattern dark blotches on the pine snake often have smoother almost blurred edges towards the tail while the Black Rat Snake pattern remains a rugged outline.
These snakes include our pit viper species eastern hognose snakes some of the watersnakes and others.
Timber rattlesnakes have two basic color phases. Like young Black Rat Snakes but there are subtle differences. Scales are heavily keeled and the anal plate is divided. It is Missouris largest watersnake.
