ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 I think I've ID'd the snake as a juvenile black racer Quote Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 nah, I'm pretty sure it's a racer. the markings on the head look nothing like a rat snake. Thanks for the input though Quote Link to comment
jagarang Posted April 5, 2010 you may be right look here.... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/reptiles/snakes/northern-black-racer/sp_northernblackracer004.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/reptiles/snakes/northern-black-racer/northern_black_racer.htm&usg=__QU-Z8pFbmc5TdqeeXC7_jiVJLOI=&h=760&w=723&sz=228&hl=en&start=20&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=lWqPWlOvaqwiMM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djuvenile%2Bblack%2Bracer%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26tbs%3Disch:1 Quote Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 couldn't tell, he was too busy trying to get the hell out of dodge. when I put him in the aquarium he was all kinds of pissed off. i went to http://www.floridabackyardsnakes.com/SouthernBlackracer.html and he looks exactly like the 2nd picture from the top. Quote Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 yup, he's now back in the yard hopefully eating pests Quote Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 On a similar note, I found a 2 1/2 foot king snake in my bathroom last thursday. He escaped into a hole under a cabinet before I could catch him. Needless to say I spent all day friday tearing the bathroom apart (for the wife, she hates snakes) and never found him. Quote Link to comment
NanoGeege Posted April 5, 2010 http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/snakekey.htm Quote Link to comment
Obi Juan kenobi Posted April 5, 2010 There are so many snakes imported to Florida I wonder how many that link covers LOL Quote Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 There was a documentary recently on imported pythons taking over the everglades. People buy them when they're small, get quickly overwhelmed by the growth rate and just drop them in the woods. I could smack the people that do this...don't buy an animal if you're not fully aware of the husbandry requirements of adult specimens... Quote Link to comment
seafd Posted April 5, 2010 Try the link bellow, answer a couple of questions and know for sure. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/snakekey.htm Quote Link to comment
Nate Dawg Posted January 28, 2011 This is definitely the incredibly deadly viper. Quote Link to comment
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