Snakes!

[Ridgerunner]

A Black Rat Snake, about 6' long. One of my friends wants me to move any nonvenomous snake I get to her property. Since I have her permission it is both legal and ethical. The only snakes she can have are the ones I catch in my chicken coop where they are after eggs or baby chicks. If they are not in the coop I am glad to have them around. Over the years I've relocated a few, mostly black rat snakes.

She sent me this photo a couple of weeks ago. She thinks it is one that I relocated. It was smaller then.

 

[Geena]

Not a great photo because I didn't want to disturb them, but two brown water snakes getting frisky.

 

[R2elk]

Hog-nosed snake

 

[Duckpip]

Hog-nosed snake
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Wow! I really want to find one of those in the wild one day. (While herping, of course. I wouldn't take it from the wild.)

 

[R2elk]

Wow! I really want to find one of those in the wild one day. (While herping, of course. I wouldn't take it from the wild.)

I find at least one here every year.

 

[Duckpip]

I find at least one here every year.

That must be awesome. They're such interesting little reptiles.

Oops, forgot about big purple text!

 

[R2elk]

Earlier this year.
Garter snake

 

[Duckpip]

Earlier this year.
Garter snake
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I doubt it is, but that reminds me of an anerythristic morph! Nice find!

 

[Duckpip]

Agh! Yesterday I saw lots of little tadpoles, a frog/toad that ran away before I could look at it, and a GARTER SNAKE! I managed to just touch it, but before I could grab it, it slithered somewhere underneath a log and I lost it. So, no pictures, but I was so close to grabbing (at least one of) my first herp(s)!

 

[R2elk]

Agh! Yesterday I saw lots of little tadpoles, a frog/toad that ran away before I could look at it, and a GARTER SNAKE! I managed to just touch it, but before I could grab it, it slithered somewhere underneath a log and I lost it. So, no pictures, but I was so close to grabbing (at least one of) my first herp(s)!

It's still hanging out there. It is living on the tadpoles and toads and frogs.