[6] The subspecies can be found in a wide variety of habitats, but is most abundant in the southeastern coastal plain.

Its preferred habitat includes sandy pine woodlands, pine-palmetto flatwoods, cedar glades, and along creeks, marshes and swamplands.

It frequently hunts with its head raised above the ground and vegetation, and unlike most snakes, visually locks onto its prey's position before capture.

Prey items include birds, large insects, lizards, other snakes, and small mammals.

[11] The breeding seasons spans from June through August, in which females produce one clutch of 4-24 eggs with an average of 11.

The gestation period is around 77.5 days after which the female lays the eggs in a small animals burrow, no parental care is shown.

[12] A common myth is that the Eastern coachwhip will intentionally attack people and whip them with its tail.