Help me ID this visitor?

Ran across this snake this afternoon. Much different than the normal Black snakes I am familiar with. Does anybody know?<br><a target="_blank" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mwh8381/Public%20Consumption/EDITIMG_0083.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mwh8381/Public%20Consumption/th_EDITIMG_0083.jpg" alt="image"></a><br><a target="_blank" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mwh8381/Public%20Consumption/EDITIMG_0084.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mwh8381/Public%20Consumption/th_EDITIMG_0084.jpg" alt="image"></a><br><br><br>Thx,<br>Mike

Where do you live?<br><br>Robert

this one?<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_NC/snakes/Pitmel/Pit_mel.html">http://www.herpsofnc.org/...nakes/Pitmel/Pit_mel.html</a><br>

Two-step-viper. It bites ya, ya take two steps and you are DONE!!!

<p><font color="#0000FF" size="4">I love snakes but I don't know if I'd want to pick that one up. Doesn't look too friendly.<br><br><br>~Karen</font></p>

"Help me ID this visitor"<br>I'd say about a size 7 if you stretch it. Other then that I say smash it!<br>Sorry, I'm not really evil I just hate spiders and snakes.<br>Tim<br><img height="430" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/beachbomb/boot.jpg" width="280" alt="image"><p><br></p>

I would say it's the one Anita is showing. But when in doubt say away. It does not look healthy way too thin/skinny, it's looking for food as theseason is changing and they will most likely go into hibernation soon.

<blockquote> Two-step-viper. It bites ya, ya take two steps and you are DONE!!!</blockquote>It ain't a Viper you jackass...a viper's head is obvious...<br>Looks like a totally harmless snake...please don't kill it, he's your friend, he eats small rodents that want to break into your house and harm youwhile you sleep...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_freak.gif" alt="image"><br>

Looks like a juvenile rat snake.<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_NC/snakes/Elaobs/Ela_obs.html">See top row, middle picture.</a>

It is a grey rat snake or a juvenile. <br><br>LANCE

It's an Argentinian Amazon Anaconda! It will grow about a foot per second and swallows cows whole. Really....it's a nice little snake.........show himthe door and shake your finger at him for not knocking first.

Heh GO Scott, GO!<br><br>It's a rat snake. Most of them will avoid confrontation with humans as much as possible. Occasionally I'll encounter an aggressive one, but that'salmost always in the Spring when they're looking for food. If you feel the need to relocate it - I highly recommend you keep it close by unless you havesmall children who won't listen to you when you tell them to keep away - please try to be gentle with it. They are in the boidae family (related to boasand pythons) and they do have teeth, but I've only had one try to bite me.<br><br>I have, however, had about four of them musk me. It's a defense mechanism. When animals such as coyotes try to eat them, they expel a really foul-smellingfluid from their cloaca. You'd swear it's feces, but it's not. It <em>really</em> stinks!<br><br>The reason I highly recommend that you keep it around is, when you see a rat snake, it is there because their main source of food is nearby. Especially at thistime of the year, they can eat a LOT of rodents that otherwise could sneak into your house, garage, storage shed, etc. That one's a real beauty!

<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">TexKitty wrote:</strong> <hr> Heh GO Scott, GO! <br><br> It's a rat snake. Most of them will avoid confrontation with humans as much as possible. Occasionally I'll encounter an aggressive one, but that's almost always in the Spring when they're looking for food. If you feel the need to relocate it - I highly recommend you keep it close by unless you have small children who won't listen to you when you tell them to keep away - please try to be gentle with it. They are in the boidae family (related to boas and pythons) and they do have teeth, but I've only had one try to bite me. <br><br> I have, however, had about four of them musk me. It's a defense mechanism. When animals such as coyotes try to eat them, they expel a really foul-smelling fluid from their cloaca. You'd swear it's feces, but it's not. It <em>really</em> stinks! <br><br> The reason I highly recommend that you keep it around is, when you see a rat snake, it is there because their main source of food is nearby. Especially at this time of the year, they can eat a LOT of rodents that otherwise could sneak into your house, garage, storage shed, etc. That one's a real beauty! <br><br><br> A lady that knows here snakes..... thats HOT! <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif"><br><br> hahahah <br><br> AL <br></blockquote><br><br>

I'd go on the rat snake....it also looks like it recently ate do to the bulge in the center of his/her body, Brian