Michael Varley
Beach Comber
Can anyone help ID this snake? It's a tree climber. I feed the wild birds and I think it's eating them. Lots of feathers on the ground but no dead bird. Thanks
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Snake ID
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rlesgal
Beach Lover
It's a rat snake, not poisonous, but will scare the bejeezes out of you when they fall out of the tree!
DuneAHH
Beach Fanatic
It's a rat snake, not poisonous, but will scare the bejeezes out of you when they fall out of the tree!
gray rat snake AKA oak snake
Michael Varley
Beach Comber
Point Washington. Lots of snakes this year. Copper heads, water snakes, pine snakes and races in the yard. Couldn't find this one on the net. Glad its not poisonous. Thank you!
seagrovegirl
Beach Fanatic
Copperheads?? I think that is rare here.
ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
Juvenile cottonmouths are often mistaken for copperheads. That's what the snake books say. But my parents and grandparents used to talk like seeing copperheads was not anything unusual.
And I can only hope that pvarley decides to keep her snakes to herself and doesn't send them over here
And I can only hope that pvarley decides to keep her snakes to herself and doesn't send them over here
Miss Ellie
Beach Crab
Will be staying in a rental house on Seagrove Beach in two weeks.........should I worry about snakes there?????? 
NoHall
hmmmm......can't remember
Will be staying in a rental house on Seagrove Beach in two weeks.........should I worry about snakes there??????
There are poisonous and nonpoisonous snakes all over Florida, but it's a colossal waste of time to worry about them. (Unless 1- you're the type who likes to wander around barefoot in tall undergrowth, 2- you spend a lot of time looking under rocks and logs, or 3- you happen to be a rodent.)
fishheadspin
Beach Comber
So not a copperhead and so not a moccasin. Rat snake all the way. Great snake to have around.
I catch about any non- poison snake i see and take it and release it around my house. There is no better mouse trap and black snakes will actually fight copperheads and run them away.
You are better off worrying about biting flies and jellyfish than worrying about snakes and sharks!