Name That Snake

[Frontiersman]

Markings look like garter snake but head shape throwing me off, plus thicker than most garter snakes I've seen. View attachment 292226

Looks like a well fed garter snake. His head is wider then usual. Probably just a genetic fluke.

 

[mbkintner]

All snakes regardless of size are named the same for me...

 

[IN New Guy]

It's name is DEAD.

 

[mark40sw]

Looks somewhat like a checkered gartersnake shown here

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Looks somewhat like a checkered gartersnake shown here

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I always heard you could tell the difference by the shape of the pupil

 

[Ingomike]

Sneaky Snake

This was what I was thinking…

 

[BigMoose]

Sneaky Snake

Yep that there is a magnificent specimen of pure Indiana Sneaky Snake...

 

[cg21]

8’ long bull snake skin I think I found what got my baby chicks lol

 

[spencer rifle]

I always heard you could tell the difference by the shape of the pupil

You can (doesn't apply to coral snakes), but you may not want to get that close.

And you can name the snake anything you want, but it can't hear you. Snakes have no ears.

 

[COOPADUP]

Garter snake.

 

[LtScott14]

We had them all around our farm. My Dad used a golf putter club, cut off the end and made a half loop from a coat hanger to move them. We all learned how to gently lift them and walk them to the woods to release them.
We had some other black snakes which I think were King snakes, and very few mice around.
Dad forbid us to hurt any snake, and never saw any rattlers, or cottonmouths around.
They would come out and lay on the concrete patio behind our house, to sunbathe.
My Mom didn't like them at all. She would call us in, hand us the hook, and point where it would be.
When I stayed in Arkansas, there were Cottonmouths, Eastern Diamonbacks, Copperheads, and some nasty water snakes unknown . Creepy times.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

This guy was in the parking lot at work today. Anyone know what type of snake he is?

 

[Expat]

Definitely a cobra.

 

[tmschuller]

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This guy was in the parking lot at work today. Anyone know what type of snake he is?

No step on snek…!

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

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This guy was in the parking lot at work today. Anyone know what type of snake he is?

That's a Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi. They don't get much more than a foot long, and most are smaller than that. I often find them in my wood pile.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

You can (doesn't apply to coral snakes), but you may not want to get that close.

And you can name the snake anything you want, but it can't hear you. Snakes have no ears.

Snakes pupils only signify whether or not they are nocturnal hunters (vertical pupils) or diurnal.

I remember when I was younger I was always told “stay away from triangular heads” and “if they have vertical pupils theyre venomous”.

Sadly, neither are true, and there really is no defining characteristics to visually tell if a snake is venomous or not.

 

[Creedmoor]

Snakes pupils only signify whether or not they are nocturnal hunters (vertical pupils) or diurnal.

I remember when I was younger I was always told “stay away from triangular heads” and “if they have vertical pupils theyre venomous”.

Sadly, neither are true, and there really is no defining characteristics to visually tell if a snake is venomous or not.

I know for a fact, a headless snake is not venomous nor can it bite you.

 

[ancjr]

...there really is no defining characteristics to visually tell if a snake is venomous or not.

Watch the guy it bit.