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tigger

Burning Hunk
Dec 8, 2013
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Rhode Island
Found this guy in my stack today....about 3 feet long. Any idea? image.jpg
 
A garden snake?? Not sure. At least it's not rattling
 
Based on a few searches, I think it may be a northern water snake. Non venomous .....
 
I'm going with Eastern Milksnake

That said, it also looks like this Burmese Python

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Eastern Milk or Corn snake. Harmless and doing way more good than harm for you :)
 
Eastern Milk snake for sure we get lots of them in our stacks. They do a great job of keeping the mice in check and the bugs at bay.
 
What did you do with it?
 
That's a beauty! I hope you let it back in the stack - or someplace safe if you don't want it close to your home.
 
Across the street from me there is a stream and some woods. I brought him there. The wife did not want him in the yard with the boys. I think she was fearful they would kill it.
 
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Mostly sure it's not a Northern Water Snake. I have a den each year and the markings are Hershey's Kisses. They resemble Cotton Mouths (especially when you're panicked!). !!! Yours is a beauty.

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Definitely a corn. Lifelong snake geek here.:p. Very close to a milk in color, but your pic also nicely shows the "bread loaf" cross section of the rat snake genus that corns are in. Milks and other kingsnakes have a circular cross section. Won't bore ya further with Latin junk...

Good on ya for giving him a pass!
 
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That is a milk snake.
 
I have noticed more very young snakes than usual in my stacks. We have an agreement, don't bite me and you can stay rent free!
 
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I emailed a biologist at the State DEM. He confirmed that its Eastern Milk Snake. Apparently not seen very often during the day time.
 
not a big snake fan, but I wouldn't hurt one or kill one, I respect the job they do, I just wish they had to wear florescent orange vests when I'm near the wood piles.
 
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