Habitat
Coluber constrictor priapusAverage size: 20-56 inches; Record 72 inches.
Range: Throughout most of Florida.
Diet: Lizards, snakes, frogs, insects, rodents and small birds.
Status: Common
Note that the Southern Black Racer has a white chin. An Indigo Snake
normally has a dark to reddish orange chin.
Food
The Southern Black Racer is a predator that relies on lizards, insects, moles, birds, eggs, small snakes, rodents, and frogs. Despite its specific name ''constrictor'' , the Racer is more likely to suffocate or crush its victim into the ground rather than coiling around it in typical constrictor fashion.Man remains the biggest enemy of Black Racers. Many are killed on highways and others are intentionally killed out of fear. The white chin causes many people to kill this snake, believing that it is a Cottonmouth—a venomous snake more commonly called a Water Moccasin. The venomous snake has a white lining inside of its mouth. Racers are nonvenomous and do not breed with Cottonmouths. Natural enemies include such birds of prey as hawks including the Red-shouldered Hawk and Broad-winged Hawk. These perching and soaring birds have keen eyesight and drop down from above to capture Black Racers and other snakes thus making their speed and ground awareness ineffectual.
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