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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: what kind of snake?
Posted by Alex, forum owner on September 3, 2005, 10:36 pm, in reply to "what kind of snake?"
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: We found a black snake with yellow
: stripes on our playground at the
: daycare where I work. Does anyone know
: what it could be?
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I can tell you without any hesitation that it is harmless, since it doesn't match the description of any US venomous snake. I can't really tell you what kind it was, since you didn't tell me where you are; many reptiles are told apart by locality. If you are in California, it would be a California King Snake. In the Southeast it could be a newly molted Garter Snake. At any rate, it is harmless.
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