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[Applesister]

This pic is from a couple summers ago. Was working on my car and this little guy found a warm spot to watch me.
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That is an incredible picture, Ive never seen anything like that online or in ID books. What a beautiful snake. That was worth posting this thread.

 

[Applesister]

This pic is from a couple summers ago. Was working on my car and this little guy found a warm spot to watch me.
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That is an incredible picture, Ive never seen anything like that online or in ID books. What a beautiful snake. That was worth posting this thread.

 

[Applesister]

Im gonna get more pics of the skin, if there are people here who can ID sheds. The skin looks smooth. I bet firewood is the ideal place to rub off that dead skin.
I think my sister might appreciate a positive ID too. It could be any of the snakes you guys mentioned, including the racer. She has seen milk snakes, we both have and maybe shes just hoping its a milk snake.

 

[Zkx14]

This pic is from a couple summers ago. Was working on my car and this little guy found a warm spot to watch me.
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That is an incredible picture, Ive never seen anything like that online or in ID books. What a beautiful snake. That was worth posting this thread.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, There were actually two. I picked that one up and was going to take it down back to a wooded area and my daughter spotted another one in the garage. I got them both in a coffee can and took them out and released them.

 

[Applesister]

I was also going to say rat snake or the like.

She needs to go out and get 10 ferrets. They love snakes. When she gets sick of the ferrets get a bigger snake that eats ferrets. Then get a shotgun to take out that big ferret eating snake.

Or you could skip all of that and just get a shotgun.

No, she is high strung but this doesnt seem to bother her. She was in Iraq and told me about Camel spiders.
We dont encourage her to use any more "weapons". Lol She has an AR 14. She'll blast out the back wall of the oil room. And the snake will probably get away.

 

[Applesister]

My father was a bit of a conservationist and we always practiced the catch and release program. I hope all you guys just release the snakes you find. That big milk snake was really pretty, I hope it lived. And didnt get crushed by the bobcat.
I think snakes go well with apples and missing ribs. Lol

 

[Applesister]

Did you guys know that humans and snakes are the only living creatures that see 3 dimensionally?
Is that wild trivia or what?
Its no wonder there was a serpent in the Garden of Eden. Mans enlightenment.

 

[English BoB]

Most likely black rat snake. Could be a milk or a black rat, both have a similar pattern. The deciding factor is if scales have a ridge, or "keel" in the middle of each. I cannot tell from the pics on my kindle. Black rats and other true rat snakes have a keel. Timber rattlers do also, but the pattern is a wide band, and that skin isn't wide enough, so you're good there.

Milk snakes are in the kingsnake genus and have smooth scales. Black racers also have smooth scales, but have no pattern on the back, being completely jet black. And mean as heck.

English Bob's pic is a northern watersnake, Nerodia sipeodon.(sp?)

Thanks for clearing that up, it was very close to a large pond,

bob

 

[osagebow]

This pic is from a couple summers ago. Was working on my car and this little guy found a warm spot to watch me.
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That is an incredible picture, Ive never seen anything like that online or in ID books. What a beautiful snake. That was worth posting this thread.[/QUOTE]
That little guy is a juvenile Black rat. They get darker with age. We give them a pass, they compete with, but do not eat, the copperheads. Milk snakes will commonly eat other snakes though