Photos / Sounds

What

Wandering Hammerhead Worm (Bipalium vagum)

Observer

mstraube

Date

June 10, 2015

Description

Unknown animal. during observation, I thought it might have had legs like a millipede. Looking at the photos, I'm not sure. It could be a worm or a small snake.
Based on my memory, it was somewhere around 7 cm in length and maybe half a centimeter in diameter. It's body is a rich brown with a dark brown/black head and a strip down the length of it's body. The head is much wider than the body, reminiscent of a bonnet head shark.
It seemed unconcerned as I photographed it on the sidewalk, and then it crawled into the grass.
(updated identification after seeing similar animal already posted.)

Hammerhead Worms - Photo (c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by budak
drocean's ID: Hammerhead Worms (Subfamily Bipaliinae)
Added on April 30, 2016
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Wandering Hammerhead Worm (Bipalium vagum)

Observer

mstraube

Date

June 10, 2015

Description

Unknown animal. during observation, I thought it might have had legs like a millipede. Looking at the photos, I'm not sure. It could be a worm or a small snake.
Based on my memory, it was somewhere around 7 cm in length and maybe half a centimeter in diameter. It's body is a rich brown with a dark brown/black head and a strip down the length of it's body. The head is much wider than the body, reminiscent of a bonnet head shark.
It seemed unconcerned as I photographed it on the sidewalk, and then it crawled into the grass.
(updated identification after seeing similar animal already posted.)

Land Planarians - Photo (c) Pavel Kirillov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
drocean's ID: Land Planarians (Family Geoplanidae)
Added on April 30, 2016
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)

Observer

frostynaples

Date

May 22, 2015 04:59 PM EDT
Everglades Racer - Photo (c) Josh Vandermeulen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Josh Vandermeulen
drocean's ID: Everglades Racer (Coluber constrictor ssp. paludicola)
Added on April 30, 2016
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