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- Oct 22, 2011
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Can anyone id this snake that was relaxing outside my front door?
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Corn snake.
The diamond/spear shape on the head is a giveaway.
The picture DonH posted of the corn snake has the distinctive diamond. It is had to see in my OP pic, but in person, the head had more of an irregular inverted chevron. In other words, the "diamond" was not present in the nose-ward direction.
My best guess is juvenile black rat snake.
Juvenile Black Rat snakes are very different in appearance of the adults. Young snakes are gray & black; adults are, um, black. Most young black rat snakes that I've handled were pretty docile. I've never seen a milk snake that small so I'm not very familiar with what a youngster would look like. Garter snakes would typically have three prominent body length stripes; one running down the center of the back . I vote for black rat snake.
That's an easier vote than to decide who to vote for governor.
My best guess is juvenile black rat snake.
My best guess is juvenile black rat snake.
When was it changed from Elaphe o.o.?Your guess is correct sir. I still call them Black Rat Snake but the new common name is Eastern Rat Snake, scientific name; Pantherophis alleghaniensis. You win the boa constrictor doll!