The black rat snake can reach a length of eight feet, but is usually much smaller. Mating generally takes place in the spring, with 10-14 eggs laid in June or July. Eggs deposited beneath rocks or in manure piles, rotting vegetation, stumps or logs generally hatch in August and September.
You are privileged to have this species visiting your yard! I'd like to come out to your property some time and look around. I recently started the Connecticut Herp Atlas Project. Our aim is to provide distribution and other data on Connecticut's reptile & amphibian species. Please consider joining our Yahoo group, Your observations are exactly the type of thing I am hoping for from CT's residents.
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