Snake ID help...Good Snake now

He WAS in my driveway, small fella.

Prob a chicken snake or something doesn't look poisonous

He was your local pest controller.

Yep, looks like a baby rat, or bull snake

That has JUST enough resemblance to a Cooperhead to give me the High Step

I'm gonna go with Rat snake. Non venomous but can be ornery when handled.

Either Rat snake or possibly a Glossy snake.

Not the kind to kill. When I learned to differentiate, there were no pesky rodents. My wife used to shoot/hack/kill all snakes, but she is learning to give some a pass.

It really is worthwhile to learn the difference. Two of my Grandkids can do it now because I take the time to teach them about all kinds of wildlife.

Marc

That is a juvenile Prairie King Snake, very beneficial snake. In Texas, most are born in August and September, that one could be from a 'late' group. Very common snake, often mistaken for a Copperhead...by jittery folks.

They range in color from the brownish markings of your snake to a gray color (which then gets them killed...for a pygmy rattler) sigh........!

Seriously, I realize the average person doesn't "know their snakes', but the vast majority are harmless.

Thanks for sharing,

Flint.

Edit: Going to back up on the Prairie King and go with Juvenile Rat Snake in this instance (differences are subtle) but that specimen has a little too much head for a prairie king and also the marking (V) on the head is pointed the wrong direction. Would like to see the stripe through the eye...to be certain. Good snake in any case.

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What he said !!

Rat snake see about dozen pics of these on various hunting webs all year long! These snakes are our on our side!

Dead snake.

That's a baby Texas Rat Snake, not aggressive and non-poisonous. Would have been good to have around. I used to have one as a pet.

Yup rat snake, should've let that one live, caught one in my front yard bout a month ago, walked it down the street a little bit and let it go.

wasn't a terrorist, should have given it a pass

Had two a little bigger then that on my back porch. After multiple attempts they kept showing up there and since we have a doggie door had to permanently dispose of them. Hated to do it. One dropped one me one day moving some stuff on the porch.

I'm good w snakes. Had a couple as pets in my classroom when I taught science. They were really good at keeping whiney teachers out of my room.

That one looks like my corn snake I had which is a close cousin to the rat snake. Good to have around.

this is why it got the boot

Rat snake.. unless you have chickens, no reason to kill him!

You just boosted your mouse population.

Well said.....all snakes are "good"....and only a few can actually harm you......

young king or a hognose

It is a Texas Rat(bull) snake. If yall use facebook, join this group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsnakeisthis/. It pays to learn your snakes. Most snakes are good to have around.

The Texas Rat Snake has and always will be an egg sucking predator for the quail population. I like quail more than snakes so I happily kill everyone of them I see. They will empty a nest of all the eggs as fast they can.

My guess is Rat Snake. On another note I came across a small rattler Saturday night on the cliche road. Temp was dropping to 30 within 4 hours. My bet he didnt find the den in time.