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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.
a snake I saw
Posted by Charles Holster
on May 18, 2005, 11:33 pm
69.113.130.136|
HOW DO I ADD MY PHOTOS TO THI E-MAIL? I was hiking with a group in Devil's Den, Connecticut, this past Saturday and we saw two 5-1/2 feet long black snakes sunning themselves by the pond - one on a tree limb (right above where one of us was sitting), and the other one was curled up like a rope on the ground. Another hiker came by and told us it was a "Black snake" and that it was not poisonous. After we watched them for about 5 minutes, and took some photos, they both slid back into their home inside a crevice in a boulder by the pond. Could you look at the attached photos and tell me the name of this snake and its characteristics? Do they swim in the pond? What do they eat? Are they common? Do they usually get so big? Did Devil's Den get its name because of these serpents?
Charlie Holster, Long Beach, NY
(Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club)
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