Red snake with black rings - what kind is it?

[Paula]

The second ones are definitely you, Paula.

I'm working on it...

 

[DuneLaker]

Paula, I like the black boots on the right, too!!! Here's another little red and black snake you'll see around here. This guy met a sad end on the road. I edited the picture. We picked him up and gave him a proper final resting place. I was with my hiking buddy JJJ2.

 

[Gidget]

Paula, I like the black boots on the right, too!!! Here's another little red and black snake you'll see around here. This guy met a sad end on the road. I edited the picture. We picked him up and gave him a proper final resting place. I was with my hiking buddy JJJ2.

That's a lovely scarlet kingsnake! I am sad he got hit but happy you gave him a final resting place. My dh said (I just showed him the pic) "I mourn for him more than Michael Jackson!"

G

 

[Paula]

The snake the guests saw was about 5 feet long they said. It creeps me out even though it's not dangerous.

 

[mikecat adjuster]

I agree with Gidget on the mud snake. If it was 5 feet it wasn't a scarlet snake which is a maximum of like 32 inches. It was probably an Eastern Mud snake, which even if handled would probably not bite. They can reach lengths of over 6 feet.

Regarding the Red on Black, friend of Jack... I've alays got that mixed up, "...kill Jack etc." I just know that a coral snake begins with a 'black' face or head whereas the ones colored like it, do not.

I've seen a few coral snakes in the wild, all over in the Ocala Florida area. They are small and ultra beautiful snakes, seen mostly at dawn or dusk, and getting bitten from one is extremely rare. They almost have to chew into you, plus they are very docile.

But the snake you saw was, as stated, probably an eastern mud snake if it was as described.

 

[Paula]

Thanks. I'm getting an education on snakes.

 

[Minnie]

Those boots are definitely not going to be what you want if you are looking for a snake, you need some of these

Stylish aren't they.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Paula, definitely bring the high boots, the ones on the left.

 

[Roy Hardin]

Actually coral snakes are rare in NW Florida. However they are very poisonous and different than the pit viper, who causes muscle damage, The coral snake causes nerve damage.But I have to confess to removing one from our property,while a three year old was curious.'' Red on the head,you're dead!

 

[Matt J]

"It's a snake go the other way!" That's the expression I go with.