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Snake ID please.

Posted by lizelle (My Page) on
Mon, May 24, 10 at 16:32

I've searched the internet trying to pin point this little guy with no luck.

He lives in Southeast Pennsylvania.

Here is a link that might be useful: visiting snake


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RE: Snake ID please.

NOT a rattlesnake, water moccasin, cobra, coral snake, or copperhead.

Looks like one of the "corn snake" group. Eats rodents.


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RE: Snake ID please.

Oh, don't worry. I wasn't in the least bit worried about him being venomous!! I just didn't see it in his eyes:) I love my snakes and appreciate everything they have to offer in my garden.

Corn snake is what I’ll refer to him as then. Thanks you.


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RE: Snake ID please.

Well, Pennsylvania is well outside the Corn Snake's range, but this certainly looks like one. It could be an Eastern Milk Snake, but I would suspect a Corn Snake that has escaped captivity. It should survive OK, but its native range is from Virginia south, with a disjunct population in Kentucky. This one looks like an upland form, with duller colors than the more coastal ones.
Enjoy!


 
 

 

 


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