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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.
Nest of many baby snakes
Posted by Tera S. Miller
on May 14, 2005, 9:59 am
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Yesterday, while cleaning my home I heard neighborhood kids screaming...I went outside to find that the kids had uncovered a nest of baby snakes and were chasing each other with them and playing with them...as I approached there were so many of them...they were brownish kind of pink...with diamond shaped heads that were a darker brown...when they opened there mouths there were no visible fangs but I would not touch...anyway...it is a mobile home park near the beach in eastern North Carolina...my parents always said do not hold a snake with a diamond shaped head....I am concerned for the kids...but do not want to unnecessarily detour their interest...what type of snake may it be....
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