Snake ID please.

lizelle

14 years ago

I've searched the internet trying to pin point this little guy with no luck.

He lives in Southeast Pennsylvania.

Here is a link that might be useful:

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User
13 years ago
NOT a rattlesnake, water moccasin, cobra, coral snake, or copperhead.

Looks like one of the "corn snake" group. Eats rodents.
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lizelle
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13 years ago
Oh, don't worry. I wasn't in the least bit worried about him being venomous!! I just didn't see it in his eyes:) I love my snakes and appreciate everything they have to offer in my garden.

Corn snake is what IÂll refer to him as then. Thanks you.
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Larry, all snakes have teeth. The rows of teeth in a Gray (or Black) Rat Snake will look like fangs. A Water Moccasin, or Cottonmouth, is a snake of swamps, and does not approach this size. Also, a Cottonmouth has a completely different pattern. Almost all snakes have a white inner lining of the mouth, making them look like a Cottonmouth when alarmed; the Black Rat Snake I caught Tuesday showed a white lining to the mouth while biting me three times (she was very frightened), plus, when looking in the Peterson's Guide, it doesn't look like Cottonmouths make it to Northern Alabama. Of course, people will call me a liar, and say they have seen "Water Moccasins", but these are simply Water Snakes, and are harmless.
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It's a baby Black Rat Snake(Pantherophis obsoletta), a very common species in Virginia. Most people, I guess, expect the babies to be black like adults are in this region, but that isn't the case. This one is very typical of a hatchling Black Rat.
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I just wrote out a big long answer discussing things like Racers, Watersnakes and Black Rats discussing the pros and cons of each......and then it occurred to me what it actually is! This is a melanistic (black) Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis). The melanistic (black or black-backed) morph is common in some areas in the north of the species range.
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danetherton
13 years ago
Well, Pennsylvania is well outside the Corn Snake's range, but this certainly looks like one. It could be an Eastern Milk Snake, but I would suspect a Corn Snake that has escaped captivity. It should survive OK, but its native range is from Virginia south, with a disjunct population in Kentucky. This one looks like an upland form, with duller colors than the more coastal ones.
Enjoy!
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