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Characteristics: * Known as the "blue racer" to many people * The adult snake has solid blue to greenish colored back with a cream to bright yellow belly, with no pattern on back or belly * Young racers have dark blotches along the back with spotted sides and scattered dark speckles on belly. As they grow older (2-3years), this coloration changes with skin shedding to the solid adult coloration * Smooth scales * Nonvenomous * Diet: small mammals, birds and their eggs, amphibians, and insects * Habitat: open grassland, pasture, and prairie areas * Distribution: in the counties adjacent to the Missouri River and all counties in western South Dakota |
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