identify this snake!
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identify this snake!
Can someone identify this snake, came across it while moving some wood. I left him alone and he crawled away back toward the woods. he was about 24"s long
I live in southeast virginia if that makes a differents, sorry took this on my camera phone!
I live in southeast virginia if that makes a differents, sorry took this on my camera phone!
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My first guess is the Eastern Garter Snake. This one has a bit of a color scheme that I havent seen, but everything else fits. Perfectly harmless.
Species Information: eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
I think just about every state has a site that ID's snakes. Here is Virginia:
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/identifica...tification.htm
Species Information: eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
I think just about every state has a site that ID's snakes. Here is Virginia:
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/identifica...tification.htm
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The yellow dorsum stripes are the big give away for a garter. Rat snakes are usually more spotted w/no stripes, and make great pets!
Red Rat Snake:
http://www.ndi4all.org/grade23/RedRatCornSnake-b.html
Red Rat Snake:
http://www.ndi4all.org/grade23/RedRatCornSnake-b.html
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Yup, simple garter snake. Big 'um for 24". It would've scared me when I first saw it. They do bite with the little razor sharp teeth but non-poisonous. They prefer to slither away than fight.
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I love snakes! When I had a house near the river, I used to catch bull snakes and put them in the crawl space to deal with the mice. The house I have now is near an 11 acre pond, so I get all kinds of bull and king snakes. I always now when one has made it into the house...I hear a blood curdling scream coming from the basement. I usually start laughing and reach for my gloves, knowing exactly what's causing my wife's heart to stop beating!
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If you live in the country, non-poisonous snakes are your best friends. The amounts of mice and rodents they get rid of are mind boggling, the smaller ones eat the hell out of insects in the garden..............You don't have to like em', just don't kill em'. Poisonous snakes are fairly easy to spot with a little knowledge, and no match for a 20ga. shotgun!.
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If you live in the country, non-poisonous snakes are your best friends. The amounts of mice and rodents they get rid of are mind boggling, the smaller ones eat the hell out of insects in the garden..............You don't have to like em', just don't kill em'. Poisonous snakes are fairly easy to spot with a little knowledge, and no match for a 20ga. shotgun!.
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thanks everyone, I did send the pic to a coworker via cellphone and he thought it was was a garter snake also.
not sure why but those small dark spots on is back were black not brown like the pic showed.
The good news is the snake lived and sliddered away unharmed, but before that I was going to get him in a trash can and relocate him but he didnt like the shovel and looked like he was going to lounge at me, lol
Taking the pic I wasnt to scaried cause he looked pretty calm but my boss was yelling at me not to get to close cause he thought it was posionous and told me to kill it but I got it to crawl away.
not sure why but those small dark spots on is back were black not brown like the pic showed.
The good news is the snake lived and sliddered away unharmed, but before that I was going to get him in a trash can and relocate him but he didnt like the shovel and looked like he was going to lounge at me, lol
Taking the pic I wasnt to scaried cause he looked pretty calm but my boss was yelling at me not to get to close cause he thought it was posionous and told me to kill it but I got it to crawl away.