Snake ID??
 

Caught this little sucker in my back yard and not exactly sure what it is. I checked his eyes and its not poisonous. He was only about 10 inches long so I'm assuming its a baby.
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Crap. The pictures don't look as clear on here as they do on my phone.

Looks like what I call a ground rattler.

Chicken snake!

ratdog

I have never heard to check a snake's eyes to determine if it is poisonous or not.
What is it in their eyes that tells you one way or the other?

Pupils. Diamond shaped is poisonous. Round is not

Gotcha. That sounds like something that I would check after the head has been detatched from the body of the snake!

I don't think that's always the case, just like all poisonous snakes don't have a diamond shaped head

Looks like a prarie king snake.

Lol. It was a tiny little guy. I actually just let it go, I think that's the first time I've ever let one live but I'm pretty sure it was harmless.

Every poisonous snake has a elliptical eye ( like a cat ) but some nonpoisonous do too. Like pythons.


"Its Just a Ride "

Coral snakes don't have elliptical eyes

Yeah but even he has a built in "danger, I'll kill you" message-- "Black and yellow, kill a fellow."

Its a garder snake.

I find them in the yard and flower beds all the time...and the cats love to eat them. Its not a baby. they are just small and eat insects.

Garter*

Ok one doesn't


"Its Just a Ride "

X2 on garter snake.
re: coral snake:
"Red on yellow, dangerous fellow
Red on black, friendly Jack."

Not saying your wrong, but don't garter snakes usually have yellow stripes? This one looked like it had more diamond shapes on his back. Or, are there different breeds of garter snakes?

Did it make your hands stink?

Texas Garter snake. A baby one.

its not a garter snake, it is a Brown Snake. Much smaller than a Garter Snake, that's about as big as they get, found in gardens etc. It is about as harmless a snake as you can find. Garter Snakes have a much whiter background.
Prairie Rattler? are you kidding me?

You did good letting it go, keeps the bugs and mice down.

Yeh def not a garter snake. I have one that I caught 2 years ago that I still have today. My daughter wouldn't let me let it go. Pretty cool little guy. Like to watch him eat goldfish.

black panther for sure

Nope. Snaggletoothrattlemoccasin

full grown. little brown snake- official name. harmless. google it.

its an eastern worm snake, we grew calling them ground rattlers, NOT poisonous and harmless

should have all posts, if it has shapes on back probably a diamond back water snake

Yeah, I wasn't too worried about it being venomous. I almost just stomped him out but decided to be nice.

It's called a Dekay's snake. google it. It's in the brown snake family, prolly cause you brown yur drawers when you find it. Startling to find them in the flower beds around the house, but they are harmless.