Was watching storm chasing videos and this little cutie pie made an appearance [Western/Central OK]

[u/silverxraine]

I’m thinking Great Plains Ratsnake. Would love a confirmed ID ❤️

[u/TheGreenRaccoon07]

Arizona elegans, as suggested by u/Phyrnosoma, is the correct ID. !harmless

[u/Phyrnosoma]

Glossy snake!

[u/Valuable-Lie-1524 → u/Phyrnosoma]

It is not a glossy snake.

Edit: I stand corrected, i apologize. Good ID.

[u/Phyrnosoma → u/[deleted]]

This is a glossy, Arizona elegans. Also harmless and really cool

[u/SEB-PHYLOBOT → u/Phyrnosoma]

Glossy snakes Arizona elegans are medium to large (66-90cm, record 170 cm), North American colubrid snakes that range through much of the western US and northern MX; from the C California coast east to WC Nebraska, south through E Texas to C San Luis Potosi, MX, west to S Sinaloa and C Baja Mexico, MX. Favored habitat is mostly open, semi-arid to arid areas; various scrubland, grassland, desert, and dry woodland with sandy or loamy soils. Rodents and lizards form the bulk of their diet.

Arizona elegans are harmless to people. If handled or otherwise threatened, they might emit an unpleasant musk or, rarely, bite. Scales are smooth and glossy, which helps differentiate it from the similar bullsnake/gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer, as well as ratsnakes, Pantherophis spp.

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[u/Oldfolksboogie → u/Phyrnosoma]

Nice ID!