Texas Rat Snake photographs

I was cleaning the yard a few weeks ago when this young Texas Rat Snake came out of the garden.  He was very calm at the time.  These reptiles can be very calm or very aggressive.  I kept him for a few days while I photographed him.  He was very aggressive when I photographed him.  I got bit a few times.  I wanted some photographs of a Texas Rat Snake on a white background so I put him on some poster board and shot these.

I took a video of a very large Texas Rat Snake a few years ago.  This Texas Rat Snake was around 5 foot long.  I took this video of it climbing a tree.  These reptiles are excellent climbers.