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[kwol]

That head makes me think poisonous. Go to this page and you may be able to identify - http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/snakekey.htm - it is kind of a flowchart

That website was a great suggestion. My son and I had fun looking at hose pics and going to the website to identify it. Thanks.

 

[FireflyNights]

If you live on the water it may be a mangrove snake. My husband says its a variety of rat snake. We are not positive though on either.

 

[cmom]

If you live on the water it may be a mangrove snake. My husband says its a variety of rat snake. We are not positive though on either.

I looked it up in my books and online but didn't find anything that looked exactly like it. I don't live on the water but I live on top of a hill and the road that comes up to our place does have a lake down at the bottom of the road which is about a half mile down the road.

 

[CluckerCam]

Yesterday, Escambia County passed its chicken ordinance allowing backyard chickens in residential zones. It's been a good 6 month battle for me and over a year for others now but we've achieved success!

Full details can be found on our website, http://escambiachickens.com/ordinances/

 

[abserbean]

That's great news for Escambia County! We are still waiting on approval here in Duval, hoping it comes soon!

 

[FireflyNights]

I looked it up in my books and online but didn't find anything that looked exactly like it. I don't live on the water but I live on top of a hill and the road that comes up to our place does have a lake down at the bottom of the road which is about a half mile down the road.

Mangrove snakes live on saltwater so probably not. Maybe rat snake. I was gonna say rattler but it doesnt have a rattle.

 

[cmom]

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My husband thinks it's a rattler and thinks as the snake sheds it skin the rattlers appear with each molt.

 

[FireflyNights]

I guess thats possible some molters do that. Crawfish can shed off legs and not get them until the next molt. But I don't think a rattler would loose its whole rattle. Did it strike or wrap what ever you use to pick it up?

 

[Wednesday]

My husband and I don't think that is a venomous snake. head is not pointy enough.Lived in Florida over 35 years and never saw one like that before.

 

[CyndiChick]

It looks like the juvenile eastern racer to me. We've had several very much like it in our yard. Check pupil for shape, round is good. Slit shaped is bad.
Edited to add : dusky pygmy rattler can also look like this as a juvenile bcoz the rattle growsas the snake does.