What kind of snake is this?!!

[theotherranch]

Bear Foot nailed the ID. It's a king snake and non-poisonous. Too bad he died cause kings can be aggessive towards poisonous snakes in the area.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

A king snake and not a rat snake?

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Okay, so far between here and FB I've been told rat snake, king snake, cottonmouth, corn snake, chicken snake. I don't think it's a cottonmouth and the other options are all non-poisonous. So I'm good. Whoohoo!!

 

[Bunnylady]

Any person that identifies that snake as a Cottonmouth is one of those people for whom every snake is a venomous one. For people like that, my brother and his friends invented an all-purpose venomous snake, the "Cotton-headed Rattlemouth."

Clearly not a venomous snake. I've seen pretty good sized Rat Snakes that still display the juvenile banding, so my first thought is Rat Snake. Corn Snakes are usually reddish-orangish, at least in patches. Could be a King Snake, but the King Snakes I've seen have been a bit stouter per their length than that guy. We've had a few snakes get involved in netting like that around here, too.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

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[Bear Foot Farm]

Corn Snake:

 

[griffinkid02]

Chicken-snake and rat-snake are essentially the same thing: a eastern corn snake. Some people will tell you that a corn snake and a eastern king snake are the same, some will swear they are related but different. Either way, that is what you have. Not poisonous, they prefer to eat rats and other snakes, but concider eggs and baby chicks a fine delicacy. A good Roo or two can actually fend of a small or medium sized one, that one is NOT small or medium sized however, lol. My guess is that he tried squeezing through the wire looking for rodents and got pinched in. Couldn't go forward and his scales hung, preventing him from backing out. Your dog could still be a snake bite victim as many of the non poisonous snakes have a saliva that causes a histamine reaction, much like a cat's scratch will, resulting in local swelling, itching, and mild fever in an extreme case, but lasting no more than a few hours to a couple of days.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Cottonmouth Moccasin:

 

[griffinkid02]

Also adding confusion tot he identification process is that there are tons of local "mini-varieties" of corn snake where a population has bred with itself i a small area till there is a percievable difference in color, the corn snakes range from RIR brown to black, with the lighter stripes or splotches. I'm technically in the king-snake and corn-snake are different critters camp and a kingsnake should be black with bright white stripes right after moutling, darkening to a medium grey by high summer.

 

[Henny peeny]

this help

venomous

non venomous

copper head (venomous)

(unknown)

Link of all sorts of snake venomous and non venomous snakes maybe you can find it in these

http://www.squidoo.com/snakes_louisiana

Rhayden