Coachwhip snake
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A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (
Masticophis flagelliformis ).
Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.
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Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.