Eastern rat snake/black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta or Pantherophis alleghaniensis) According to the Virginia Herpetological Society, this is a shiny, primarily black snake.

Luckily for a 5½-foot Eastern rat snake, a Virginia woman noticed something was amiss. It had a large lump stuck halfway down its slender body. She took it to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce ...

The Everglades are the most snake-infested area in the state, primarily due to the invasive non-native species, the Burmese ...

The eastern rat snake was rushed to a vet where the object appeared on an x-ray. While it's unknown how he managed to find the car part, the unlucky reptile was thought to have mistaken it for an egg.