Snake Identification

[WaltDawg]

My wife was planting flowers in the yard yesterday and our new cat Herschel brought her a present. It was alive, so I guess he's into catch and release. Herschel let him go and we found him again today on our front porch. I've never been one to kill snakes because I can usually ID them, and 9 out of 10 times they're harmless.

I can't figure out what kind of snake it is, so any help would be great. He has since been relocated to Millertime's mailbox.

[birddog]

Garter snake. Harmless, unless you're a grasshopper, frog, or a small rodent.

[WaltDawg]

Thanks BD, I've seen them with lighter markings, but that's gotta be what it is.

[birddog]

[Jumptrout51]

It is an immature stripped back rocky mountain rattlesnake.

[sundown]

Like BD said, common garter snake....

[Dubble Trubble]

It is an immature stripped back rocky mountain rattlesnake.

I don't know there JT51. Could be a spotted garden cobra. They look very similar.

Dubble

[Chill-N-Grill]

Garter Snake for sure

[Fish Masterson]

I am fairly certain that this is a specimen of the ever elusive, but extremely deadly family of "rattle mouthed water caucasons". One bite from this little fella, and its good night Irene! Be very careful with these guys.

[RodBow]

Herschel's only got eight lives left for sure

[TallyFish]

Here is a handy online guide to snake identification: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL ... eguide.htm

And following the guide you find out that your snake is: Peninsula ribbon snake,
Thamnophis sauritus sackenii

[RHTFISH]

I"ve got a neighbor at Anky that would classify him as the most important of two possibilities.....ALIVE!

[Flint River Pirate]

It looks like a Rattleback Copper Moccasin to me.