Please I.D. this reptile

Looks like what I've always called a corn snake. SJ? Do you concur?

these always looked like copperheads to me.

these always looked like copperheads to me.

They look like copperheads to critters that might eat them. The color is different, though, and the markings are irregular.

Looks like what I've always called a corn snake. SJ? Do you concur?

these always looked like copperheads to me.

Awesome One for the harmless column and one for the dead before you hit the ground column.

Awesome One for the harmless column and one for the dead before you hit the ground column.

My sources, in addition to 15 years of screaming at snakes in the landscape industry.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/Elaphegguttata.htm


Go with the harmless.

My advise is a snake is a snake. Never get close enough to find out if it is a good snake or a bad snake.

Awesome One for the harmless column and one for the dead before you hit the ground column.

well, you should know that every snake looks either like a copperhead, coral or moccasin to me.


I also should say that I cannot stretch my legs out under my desk now - skeered that a snake might be laying under there.

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My sources, in addition to 15 years of screaming at snakes in the landscape industry.

Thanks

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/Elaphegguttata.htm


Go with the harmless.

Thanks

My advise is a snake is a snake. Never get close enough to find out if it is a good snake or a bad snake.

Thanks

well, you should know that every snake looks either like a copperhead, coral or moccasin to me.


I also should say that I cannot stretch my legs out under my desk now - skeered that a snake might be laying under there.

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and :rofl: ..nice full disclosure.

I'm too lazy/sleepy to click the link above, but I'm going with some sort of king snake. At least that's what we used to call them, and daddy said they were good snakes as they would run off rattlesnakes.

Don't know if that's true or not, but it sounded good at the time.

For identification purposes - please note that a Copperhead has bands that get narrow at the top. NO nonvenomous snake in North America has bands that get more narrow on the top of the snake. It is the quickest and easiest way to tell.

Looks like what I've always called a corn snake. SJ? Do you concur?

I agree -- I'm no snake expert, but that looks like a Corn Snake. (We used to call them Rat Snakes when I was a kid). I posted a photo of one I took last year, somewhere in my album. Go dig it up. Always do you own DD if you have any questions regarding whether it is venomous. Go check out some images of corn snakes, and note the descriptions and compare to yours. Note that snakes can sometimes look similar, but the difference could be deadly if you are not careful. Look closely at things like which color touches which band, etc.

Interesting you found one in your yard today. I was just about to post that the snakes are out and about. I saw a couple today. Almost stepped on one in Seaside, lying right in the middle of the sandy path near the beach. I did get a photo of it, but it's on my other puter and I'm too lazy to get to it right now.

Corn snake - aka RAT snake!

Looks like what I've always called a corn snake. SJ? Do you concur?

Hahahahahahahahaha

Me too! A snake it is!

oh man, just when I thought it was safe to come back to this thread, there are TWO more snake pix posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:

oh man, just when I thought it was safe to come back to this thread, there are TWO more snake pix posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:

Somebody better rep me, because I'm gonna have snake nightmares tonight.

Somebody better rep me, because I'm gonna have snake nightmares tonight.

Thank you. I don't have a thing against MOST snakes, but I will nightmare about them tonight.

I saved you the trouble of digging. Here are my pics from last fall:

Ok...SJ..I remember those pics. The second one is way cool.

I saved you the trouble of digging. Here are my pics from last fall:

I'm sooo not a snake person but these are national geographic worthy pics.I never see snakes up here unless we're at the lake or out at my MIL's pond. I would freak out if one showed up in my yard. :::shiver shiver:::

thanks :angry:

johnrudy, if you don't like those, I can post the one of the cute little snake which I almost stepped on today. It is really cute, but the photo is rather blah, since I cannot control the focus on my cam.

Thanks for all the help, I didn't want to have to kill him.

Thanks for all the help, I didn't want to have to kill him.

Please don't kill any of them, they do serve a purpose. Corn snakes eat rats and mice, they were commonly called corn snakes because you could find them in the corn bins.

Please don't kill any of them, they do serve a purpose. Corn snakes eat rats and mice, they were commonly called corn snakes because you could find them in the corn bins.

My eyes are on the front of my head not the sides, I would have eaten him if I'd had to assassinate him. But I am glad I am doing neither.