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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.
Baby snake in Tampa--not a ringneck
Posted by Karin
on August 22, 2005, 12:53 pm
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I live just outside of Tampa, FL and have seen several ringneck snakes in my yard and IN my pool(ick), but this morning I found a tiny snake in my garage and it's not a ringneck. It was approx 12 inches in length, no more than an inch in diameter and light grey in color. It was not shiny but a matte grey and had a very, very light diamond pattern on its back (whitish in color, not brown or black). It immediately fled out of the garage and straight up a woody-type hedge. I went to get my digital camera but it was gone by the time I returned. Numerous searches on the Net have yielded me no answers and I'm a little freaked out by what this snake could be seeing as how I live in a state heavily populated with poisonous snakes!
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