Black And White Diamond Pattern Snake Young differ from adults in coloration and pattern.

Black and white diamond pattern snake Red diamond rattlesnake crotalus scutulatus mojave rattlesnake crotalus tigris.

Black and white diamond pattern snake. Black rat snake elaphe obsoleta. Juvenile black rat snake. A type of snake that has black and white stripes is a milk snake. Adults are dull black speedsters.

Rat snakes also eat frogs birds and eggs. Black rat snakes have skin showing around their scales which makes a small white diamond pattern. Black rat snakes are born with a blotched pattern. Adults are shiny black.

How big can a black snake get. No subspecies are currently recognized. There are actually a few different snakes that are brown with black diamond patterns. They are a mix of black gray and white with no truly distinguishable pattern although to some it may appear slightly diamond shaped.

Adults have a black body with a white chin and throat and a white or pale yellow belly. It lives in elevations from below sea level up to 6 500 feet. It has a black body with a white chin though hatchlings may be pale gray marked with black blotches. Black racer coluber constrictor.

Diamond patterned snakes may appear as if they have an x shaped criss cross pattern down their back where the outlines of the diamonds intersect. Generally methodical and slower moving. The chin throat and scales around the mouth are white. The egg laying nonvenomous snake hibernates and often enters homes because it is good at climbing.

As its name implies black rat snakes eat mice small rats and other rodents. They ve grown and as such it appears out over a larger area. The pattern on blotched or reticulated snakes that looks similar to diamonds is actually patches of color that have a rough diamond shape but with rounded corners and slightly distorted edges. Rodents are their main food source which explains their name.

The belly color may sometimes fade from white to gray or brown towards the tail. The snakes are white with black spots on the bottom. I moved a cross tie and at the end of it were 15 snake eggs. Immature sub adult black rat snakes have a remnant pattern.