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Old 06-04-2012, 01:34 PM
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Help with snake identification.

i just found this snake outside my door, does anyone know what kind it is? i thought it was a garden snake, but i think those are green.
im not from michigan so im not sure what snakes are native up here.

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it maybe a bull, brown, or fox snake.....
 

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Old 06-04-2012, 01:45 PM
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One of these maybe?

Indigenous to Michigan:

http://www.bbwildliferemoval.com/snakes.php

The little fellers are protected, so please just let him go.... thanks!


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Old 06-04-2012, 01:45 PM
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Looks like what we call a Chicken or Rat snake down here in Texas.
 
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Old 06-04-2012, 01:50 PM
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from that link it looks like a garter snake.
 
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Old 06-04-2012, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by str8t six
from that link it looks like a garter snake.
Yeah - that's my guess too - the grey variant. Cute l'il booger..

Glad it's not the only venomous one in that list




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Old 06-04-2012, 01:55 PM
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yeah me too! i accidently stepped on it wearing FLIP FLOPS!!


he blended in with the concrete very well
 
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I d say garter. We have em in western ny too.
 
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A small Texas chicken snake:



That's what came up when I googled. Funny though, it has rattlers on it's tail. LOL
 
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Old 06-04-2012, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DewserB
Wow! Nice catch, Big D !!!

But - he ain't brown


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Old 06-04-2012, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MGDfan
Wow! Nice catch, Big D !!!

But - he ain't brown


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Thankee!

Hahaha!! Yeah, I noticed that. I believe they just get that grayish color during certain stages of molting. Notice the one pictured in the link is grayish as well.

Snakes are interestin' critters!
 
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Originally Posted by 88racing
Ya know, I was thinking Garter at first, but the shape of the head of the one in question doesn't look as slender and rounded like the Garter's head is.

Although, the pic of the second one in that link is very close!

Tough call. I'd like to see him in person! We'd have Church!

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i can ship him to you if you want
 


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