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Wow, your so lucky to have so many great snakes where you live. The speckled king snake may just be shedding? As someone said, that is a young eastern hog nose snake. The others are indeed: rough green snake (much thinner than a smooth green snake), a black rat snake and a prairie king snake...

Quote: I'm sure they're correct. Moccasins are creatures of lowlands. Water moccasins (cotton mouths) are generally slow moving snakes. I've often walked right up to them and they do little except tilt their heads back and flash the white inside of their mouths. They can lay with their heads...

Almost certainly a norther or common water snake. When scared they flatten, producing a very triangular head. water snakes do not rattle their tail like some other species do. Rat snakes can really buzz their tail producing a startling rattle like sound if it is in contact with dry leaves...

Quote: The easiest way is to be with someone who has learned and can show you - not only physical differences but behavioral differences. Short of that, check out Field Guides at the book store or online. It will take a while to learn to see the differences, especially since eash species has...

I do think that in a public forum its important to be as accurate as possible since others may be taking the information they read as fact. If one makes a claim that is way out from the established literature than one really should provide evidence for that claim. If someone here said they are...

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Quote: You have the southern black racer down there. It is a very fast snake indeed, thus the name. They are completely different snakes from rat snakes. They do strike if cornered, and "rattle" their tale when agitated, but not the real buzz of rat snakes. Some actually become completely...

That would be me Misty. Sorry but people have been searching for 150 years and never found a snake in the US that was anywhere near 12 feet. Some recent reports are confirmed of bullsnakes in Texas that were a bit over 8 feet, but thats it. Indigoes also very rarely exceed 8 feet. No snake in...

I don't know about that. Here's some photos of a bite I got from a "harmless" 18 inch western hognose snake. I should say that hognose snakes never bite - this one grabbed me by mistake when I was feeding it a dead mouse. I let it chew on me for a couple minutes because the effects of the bite...

wood&feathers : Any of you ever read the Jesse Stuart story "Old Ben"? I would love to learn to reward my favorite familiar rat snake with milk. I always just thought that was some tall tale, giving a snake milk. I have actually rescued about a 5 footer twice this spring when my...

Quote: Your correct. They are federally endangered and never ranged into the Carolinas. There are a couple very isolated populations in SE Georgia but thats as far north as this tropical species gets. In south Texas, Mexico, Central and South America there are others in the same family. All...

chickenwhisperer, your logic is twisted. If its a "well known fact" than its in the literature. And if L. g. splendida eat other snakes because that is the available food supply, where are all those other "gut loaded" snakes finding rodents? You say, "ask knowledgeable herpetologists" but...

Quote: All kingsnakes are snake eaters. I do not recall any literature or personal experience that would indicate the subspecies splendida is any more likely to take snakes. There are many small rodents in splendida habitat. Maybe you can enlighten me on this?

Chook-a-holic, the snake in the photo is a black rat snake. You may also have black racers in your area. Our rat snakes are characterized by a "bread loaf" shaped body, ie, in cross section they have strait sides and a distinct angle from the sides to the rather flat belly. They're built this...

Cool pics! Those are black rats on the trees, but the other pics are juvenile black rats. They are born blotched grey on a lighter gray background and slowly darken with age. The smooth green snake pic is actually a rough green snake. Quote: Oh, it's my lack of photographic skills (why I...

Its not a watersnake either - its an eastern hognose snake. Not trying to be snooty, just helping inform where I can. Quote:

The first 2 pics are black rat snakes. The 3rd is indeed a kingsnake. Quote:

There are no 12 foot snakes in North America. But our eyes play tricks on us when we are scared. Quote: