Can someone please tell me what kinds of snakes are common to this area? I saw a very tiny silver colored snake wiggle through the grass in my backyaard headed towards my garden last evening. It scared me half to death! When I went in to get my husband, we came back out and couldn't find it. All we found was a snake skin. The skin was a silver color with marks on it. I couldn't see it's head because it moved so fast and I was fixed on what I thought was the 2nd snake (was the skin - it had "skinned" itself).
Snakes
- Thread starter devenny99
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Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/snakeinfo.asp
[font=arial,helvetica,verdana] Maryland boasts 27 species and subspecies of snakes, only two of which are venomous. These are the timber rattlesnake and copperhead.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,verdana] All native snakes in Maryland are protected by the Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act. This means that native snakes cannot be killed, possessed, bred, or sold without first acquiring the proper permit from the Department of Natural Resources. [/font]
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[font=arial,helvetica,verdana] Maryland boasts 27 species and subspecies of snakes, only two of which are venomous. These are the timber rattlesnake and copperhead.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,verdana] All native snakes in Maryland are protected by the Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act. This means that native snakes cannot be killed, possessed, bred, or sold without first acquiring the proper permit from the Department of Natural Resources. [/font]
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[*]Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)[*]
Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)[*]
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)[*]
Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)[*]
Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)[*]
Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)[*]
Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus)[*]
Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)[*]
Northern Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)[*]
Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)[*]
Northern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsi)[*]
Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)[*]
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)[*]
Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis vernalis)[*]
Southern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus)[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,verdana] Uncommon [/font]
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[*]Coastal Plain Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides X triangulum)[*]
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)[*]
Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)[*]
Northern Red Belly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)[*]
Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata)[*]
Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae valeriae)[*]
Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)[*]
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus horridus)[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,verdana] Rare [/font]
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[*]Northern Scarlet Snake (cemophora coccinea copei)[*]
Redbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster)[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,verdana] Endangered [/font]
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[*]Mountain Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae pulchra)[*]
Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma)[/font]
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[*]Northern Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)[/font]
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dems4me
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devenny99 said:
I would guess it to be a ringneck snake... was it about the size of a pencil in diameter? :shrug:
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dems4me
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baileydog said:
baileydog
I wanna be a SMIB
I thought of all the animal lovers on the forums when he found it so I told him to remove it to somewhere far away. I told him ti pick it up with the long handled rake but he picks up an oar and the snake kept falling off it and scaring him so he beat it to death with the oar. I felt bad but truly the only good snake is a dead snake. I tried to get him to just move it. Oh well.
Yes, it was about the size of a pencil in diameter and about 10 inches long or so. I was more focused on what I thought was the 2nd snake so I didn't really get a good look at the real snake. I don't do snakes so I didn't go looking for it. I went and got my husband instead.
Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
kwillia said:Poor little snake...
He was a cutie... had one of those under our bird feeder one time. I tried to get the kids to go out and look at it, but they wouldn't even go out the door. They watched me from the window while went up to it. Snaky watched me too and as soon as I moved away, he shot back out to the woods.
Chain729
CageKicker Extraordinaire
baileydog said:Sorry, I do not love snakes. But I didnt kill it. I wouldnt be able to get close enough to kill it. I said I felt bad for a minute but it was him or us.
Lay off the pipe.
The thing couldn't harm ya if it wanted to and would much rather run and hide than fight you anyway.From now on, if I see stray cats, dogs, squirrells, etc. I'm going to kill them. I'm deftly afraid of rabies and its them or me.
baileydog
I wanna be a SMIB
Chain729 said:Lay off the pipe.
From now on, if I see stray cats, dogs, squirrells, etc. I'm going to kill them. I'm deftly afraid of rabies and its them or me.
Ok then, try a valium for that stress. Personally, I see a HUGE difference in cats and dogs verses snakes. But you do what you think is right. I bet you left me the rabies karma, didnt you.
. Hey, I think all spiders shoud be killed too. I dont like them any more than I like you.