wild adult florida pine snake - pituophis melanoleucus mugitus - nonvenomous reptile in the family colubridae. defensive posture

animal attack beautiful body brown carnivore coil colubrid cute defense detail display diurnal endangered eye field florida forest fossorial gopher harmless heavy hiss large melanoleucus mouth mugitus native natural nature pattern pine pituophis posture predator protect red reptile sand scales slither snake species summer tan thick tongue upland wild wildlife adult nonvenomous family colubridae defensive head full view sugar blotched tail