Gray rat snake - common and beneficial - as the name implies, eats rats, mice, etc. Tucker

It looks to be a fascinating animal that I first saw on Seabrook Island, outside of Charleston.....an Eastern Glass Lizard. Not a snake at all, but a legless lizard. It looked just like a reinforced hose half hidden in some pinestraw....what a shocker when I picked it up!

Yes, it's a juvenile Black Rat Snake(Pantherophis obsoletta), a totally harmless and very beneficial snake to have around. He'll be your first line of defense at keeping rodents out of the basement.

It looks like one of the several tree vipers in SE Asia of the genus Trimeresurus. I am not familiar with the differnt species and subspecies. It could be a color variant of T. wagleri (Wagler's Pit Viper or Temple Viper).