Snake ID

SGaither · Apr 21, 2018

I’m generally good about identifying snakes however this little guy has me stumped. I’m thinking juvenile grey rat snake however I’m not 100% certain. For those self described herpetolgist what say you?
He blends well with my concrete patio.

Before the question is asked, yes he lived.

Nicodemus · Apr 21, 2018

Dekay`s brown snake. Nonvenomous.

SGaither · Apr 21, 2018

Thanks Nic. Through the back window that’s what I initially thought but then it stretched out and well this is the first Dekay’s I’ve seen this long. I guess I should have paid more attention to the head and my first thought.

Nicodemus · Apr 21, 2018

SGaither said:
Thanks Nic. Through the back window that’s what I initially thought but then it stretched out and well this is the first Dekay’s I’ve seen this long. I guess I should have paid more attention to the head and my first thought.

How long was it? Brown snakes don`t get much size to em, even when grown.

swamp hunter · Apr 21, 2018

Always enjoy seeing ya'lls snakes up that way.
We got a few down here but their a bit different..

SGaither · Apr 21, 2018

Nicodemus said:
How long was it? Brown snakes don`t get much size to em, even when grown.

I’d conservatively venture to say it was 18”-24” long.

Nicodemus · Apr 21, 2018

SGaither said:
I’d conservatively venture to say it was 18”-24” long.

Yessir, that one was a whopper. About as big as they grow.

DannyW · May 3, 2018

Do these snakes migrate? Reason I ask is every year in the late summer (August/September) I scoop several dozen out of my pool. They never get in the pool in the spring or early summer, and then suddenly in August I will start finding 2-3 daily drowned. It would seem if they were merely attracted to the water I would find them all season long. So I have wondered if they have some kind of migration, and my pool is on the path they take.

Every one I find is 10" - 14" long...never seen one bigger than that.

lightbulbsms · May 3, 2018

You need to get one of these to keep the from drowning. They do not migrate. They are small snakes and very common. I find them all the time in my yard.

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...96501340139871307&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvd

DannyW · May 3, 2018

Now that is a good idea...not so much that I hate the idea of critters drowning - nature is tough - but from the standpoint that usually they are a nasty decaying mess by the time I find them in the pool.

Still wonder why the little brown snakes just show up in late summer. :huh:

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