Snake ID help please

[blain]

Leaves of three, let it be.

 

[bobjones223]

Rat snakes are usually feisty and cantankerous. Maybe she was just too cold to be mean.

I don't think so...it was 80 last weekend...I am thinking she was loaded down with eggs and didn't think I was a threat worth fighting.?

 

[buckwacker]

I don't think so...it was 80 last weekend...I am thinking she was loaded down with eggs and didn't think I was a threat worth fighting.?

Man my memory sucks. Thought it was cold last weekend. Lol.

I don't think I've ever come across a docile rat snake. She does look a little "lumpy", but might just be the way she is laying in your pic. I had no idea when they lay eggs.

 

[bwframe]

Crawled across my grand daughter's foot last week, on her back porch...

???

 

[dieselrealtor]

did a google image search, Northern ringneck & Grass Snake come up.

I saw a tiny one dead at the range last week, couldn't have been more than 9 inches long.

 

[indyblue]

Crawled across my grand daughter's foot last week, on her back porch...

???


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That looks like a ringneck. I found one in my parents yard when young. I played with it for a few minutes and let it go.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

did a google image search, Northern ringneck & Grass Snake come up.

I saw a tiny one dead at the range last week, couldn't have been more than 9 inches long.

I think you’re right, it looks like a northern ringneck, and they are pretty tiny snakes.

 

[Expat]

I am pretty sure I am right this time, cobra.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

This one was hanging around the house last weekend. Moved her to a new location because I didn't want the dogs getting any ideas. She was super chil didn't try to bite me and was happy in her new location.

She was about 4.5'-5' long. I would have let her chill in the yard but wanted to keep her safe from the dogs.

Very interesting pic. That black rat snake has a condition called kinking. It’s like scoliosis in people. Years ago when I bred snakes, I had a couple hatchlings that had like two or three kinks. I’ve never seen a snake with its whole spine affected. It appears to be otherwise very healthy.

 

[jerrob]

Went to sweep off porch this morning and found this one. He was already in a "kinking" posture when I found him. A couple of gentle nudges with the broom handle and off he went back to woods.
I never mind having Rat snakes around, not agressive and way better to have around than the stuff they eat.

 

[ws6duramax]

What snake is this? About 20 inches long

 

[DoggyDaddy]

What snake is this? About 20 inches long

Corn snake I think.

 

[foszoe]

Corn snake I think.

I stand with DoggyDaddy

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

What snake is this? About 20 inches long

Might be a milk snake. Did it have a black and white checkerboard pattern on its belly?

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Very interesting pic. That black rat snake has a condition called kinking. It’s like scoliosis in people. Years ago when I bred snakes, I had a couple hatchlings that had like two or three kinks. I’ve never seen a snake with its whole spine affected. It appears to be otherwise very healthy.

Turns out I was wrong about that. Kinking is a real condition that affects some snakes, but Rat snakes often freeze in that position when they think they might be in danger.

 

[ws6duramax]

Might be a milk snake. Did it have a black and white checkerboard pattern on its belly?

Here's the underside

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Here's the underside

Yep, that's an Eastern Milksnake. Shame it's dead, they're great snakes.