Snake ID

[Sharon]

Look what I found on my deck this morning...

The first pic is how I found it. (dead) I was thinking it was a garden snake until 2A picked it up and turned it over. It's about 14" long.

Now it looks like a baby boa. :shrug:

 

[Larry Gude]

Snake ID

Kinda hard to tell with the poor quality of the pics but, looks to me, just an educated guess, like a "Sammy' or, maybe, an "Ed".

:shrug:

 

[smdavis65]

Look what I found on my deck this morning...

The first pic is how I found it. (dead) I was thinking it was a garden snake until 2A picked it up and turned it over. It's about 14" long.

Now it looks like a baby boa. :shrug:

Yep, that definitely is a snake.

 

[Larry Gude]

Yep, that definitely is a snake.

 

[Nanny Pam]

baby boa

 

[Sharon]

baby boa

That's a lot of babies.

 

[Sharon]

Mystery solved!


It's a baby black rat snake.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/bratjuv4.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/1719013743_599a6d8250.jpg?v=0

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YnWW2kGu3...A80/fM_GiCoSsBU/s400/baby+black+rat+snake.jpg

 

[BS Gal]

You should make it a dead snake.

 

[Larry Gude]

Mystery solved!


It's a baby black rat snake.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/bratjuv4.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/1719013743_599a6d8250.jpg?v=0

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YnWW2kGu3...A80/fM_GiCoSsBU/s400/baby+black+rat+snake.jpg

I coulda told you that...

 

[Larry Gude]

You should make it a dead snake.

No! Mouse eaters! Pigeon egg eaters! Good snake!

We just caught a four footer and threw him in the field.

 

[Sharon]

You should make it a dead snake.

I can't make it any deader.

Anyone who knows me knows that I always say, "Don't kill black snakes because they eat copperheads."

 

[Sharon]

I coulda told you that...

Okie dokie then, tell me this...

Where is the recharger for my camera? I can't find it.

 

[Larry Gude]

Okie dokie then, tell me this...

Where is the recharger for my camera? I can't find it.

What do you think Ed was doing there? He'd already made one trip and was coming back for more when you murdered him!



So, you're charger is down a rat (snake) hole.

 

[Larry Gude]

Anyone who knows me knows that I always say, "Don't kill black snakes because they eat copperheads."

I didn't know that!

 

[Fenrir51]

Cool find Mom. Dad going to try and skin it like that fox? Ha ha.

 

[NatureCenter]

I can't make it any deader.

Anyone who knows me knows that I always say, "Don't kill black snakes because they eat copperheads."

Black rat snakes do not eat copperheads. Eastern Kingsnakes, however, will eat other snakes on occasion.