Snake ID please

Carolina Girl (Zone 8b)

9 years ago

Gah...he's on my hydrangea.

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User
9 years ago
Looks like a young rat snake.

Harmless, and eats mice and small rodents that would otherwiose get in the house.
Alex Netherton
9 years ago
You don't say exactly where you are - for reptiles and amphibians, the locality tells which subspecies, but it is a baby Rat Snake. Rat Snake, WIkipedia

Where you are is important to know what it will look like when it is grown.

Totally harmless BTW, and can be picked up and played with.
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Definitely not a moccasin. The head is all wrong. I might be willing to agree on the black racer, but the young ones I've seen about this size (basing size on the rubble and debris) usually have more grey and more defined blotches in the pattern. Still, it could very well be one that has started darkening early... Yeah, I'll go with Juvie Racer that needs to lay off of the tanning booth. It's the only thing that really comes to mind looking at him.
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