Please I.D. this reptile

[ShallowsNole]

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.

 

[NoHall]

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.

 

[Smiling JOe]

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.

 

[Rita]

Corn snake - aka RAT snake!

 

[yippie]

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

Hahahahahahahahaha

Me too! A snake it is!

 

[Rudyjohn]

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

 

[NoHall]

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.

 

[DD]

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.

 

[Smiling JOe]

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

 

[DD]

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