To ask a question about a snake, don't reply to this post, go to the forum home page and start a new post. Your question will get a lot more exposure. Please give us an idea of where you live, as reptiles can often be identified only by locality!

Please do not place messages about killing a snake, and asking what kind it is you have killed! That is like going onto a message board about dogs and telling about torturing one to death, and asking what kind of breed it was. You will likely get "flamed", and likely by the forum owner, depending on his mood that day.

A note about head shape in snakes: Head shape is a totally useless character for identifying a snake, and has nothing to do with whether the serpent is or is not venomous (poisonous). Many harmless snakes, especially when young, have rather large heads. Please describe color, pattern, markings, and habitat where the snake was found. The shape of the head will not help us in any way. Thank you.

Re: What kind of snake is this?

Posted by Wayne on November 27, 2005, 11:43 am, in reply to "What kind of snake is this?"
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One possibility is a juvenile Yellow Rat Snake. The juvenile Yellow Rat Snake looks nothing like the adult and is gray with brown blotches. Another possibility is a Florida Brown Snake (a subspecies of the Dekay's Brown Snake). The Florida Brown Snake is a small harmless nonvenomous snake that reaches a maximum size of around 15 inches and is gray or brown with a pattern down the back. Actually looking back at your description this is probably even a more likely possibility than the rat snake. Look up Dekay's Snake and look up immature yellow rat snake in a google search for some pics of each of those two possibilities. All the possibilities are nonvenomous and harmless since the description matches no venomous snake species. --Previous Message-- : My cat was playing with a snake, and I : caught it when he let it go. Im not : sure what kind of snake it is, but it : is a gray color and has brown markings : down the back. I live in Spring Hill, : Florida. It is still a baby, but I : cant figure out what kind of snake it : is. I looked on the internet, but : could find nothing. Please email me if : you have any ideas as to what it is. :

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Message Thread: What kind of snake is this? - Ryan Olszta November 26, 2005, 10:05 pm Re: What kind of snake is this? - Wayne November 27, 2005, 11:43 am « Back to thread

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