A rare rainbow snake was spotted slithering through a Florida forest last week, marking the first time in 50 years the multicolored serpent has been seen in the area, experts said. Tracey Cauthen ...

(CNN) -- A hiker in Florida found and took pictures of a rare rainbow snake, a species that experts say hasn't been seen in the area for more than 50 years. Tracey Cauthen spotted the colorful, 4-foot ...

The elusive rainbow snake, scientifically known as Farancia erytrogramma, is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the FWC. Their populations have been ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has received at least a dozen credible rainbow snake sightings since it sought the public's assistance in documenting the elusive reptiles. FWC ...

The last confirmed sighting of the species occurred in 2020. Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have issued an urgent plea to the public requesting assistance ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — There’s a snake the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is calling “the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow,” and they want you to let them know if you see one.

In a state constantly dealing with animals it wants gone — like pythons and green iguanas — someone found something rare. A Florida hiker discovered a rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma) last week ...

(CNN) — A hiker in Florida found and took pictures of a rare rainbow snake, a species that experts say hasn’t been seen in the area for more than 50 years. Tracey Cauthen spotted the colorful, ...

A rainbow snake was recently spotted in Marion County, Florida, for the first time since 1969. Tracey Cauthen recently reported stumbling upon a roughly 4-foot rainbow snake while hiking in the Ocala ...