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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: Help to identify snake
Posted by Wayne
on June 30, 2007, 5:18 pm, in reply to "Help to identify snake"
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It's a juvenile Rat Snake. The black rat snake, the gray rat snake, the yellow rat snake and integrades between the types all live in Georgia and while the adults vary significantly, the juveniles tend to look mostly like gray rat snakes regardless of their later adult patterns. I think by range and appearance yours is most likely a juvenile black rat snake or possibly an intergrade between the black rat snake and one or more of the other two rat snakes. --Previous Message--
: I live in Northeast Georgia and I need
: your help in identifying a snake that
: was found in my house after
: renovations. The snake is
: silver/greyish color with brown spots.
: It has a mask between its eyes and the
: eyes bulging.
:
: Thank you for any assistance you can
: provide.
:
: Photos attached.
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