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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: baby snake
Posted by Alex, forum owner on March 10, 2005, 8:30 pm, in reply to "baby snake"
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: Hello, I live Raleigh and I found a baby
: snake in my back yard today, it was
: about a foot long, very skinny, brown
: with a gray stripe down the center of
: its back and an all black pointed head,
: any clues what it might be?
:
Probably a Garter, a harmless resident of the suburbs, and great pest control. They rarely look like the book pictures, but the stripe is fairly diagnostic.
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