Identify this snake:

[Guest Joey]

The other day my wife came home and found this snake caught in a glue trap on the middle of the living room floor.

I opened its mouth and I saw two fangs on its upper jaw so I assume it's venomous.

[G27ATT]

Need a better pic of the eyes or the underside near the tail. Was it dead?

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[G27ATT]

I might as well say, if it isn't, put it out of its misery.

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[Caster]

I don't think you'll need an anti-venom. There's only one snake in the US that's venomous that does NOT have a triangle shaped head and that' ain't a coral snake.,

I'm not good at ID'ing snakes but I'd say it's garter snake or some other little some such. They wreak havoc on mice and other vermin.

Edited March 31, 2012 by Caster

[QuietDan]

Man oh man, if my wife ever came home to a surprise like that, there'd be a "For Sale" sign in the front yard and we'd be living in a motel room.

I don't know what kind of snake it is beyond: SNAKE! IN THE HOUSE!! BAD!!!

[Guest Joey]

Yes, the cat killed it. It was mostly outside of the glue trap before wife threw it outside. Kinda hard to get good pics of it now.

[xd shooter]

Juvenile rat snake. Look down on the page.

http://www.tennsnakes.org/tn_ratsnake.htm

[gregintenn]

I'm guessing a Northern Pine Snake.

http://www.google.com/search?q=northern+pine+snake&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADSA_enUS468&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=a2h2T-ClIuXKsQLq_ZijBA&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=719

The venomous snakes usually have slitted eyes, and a more blunt tail tip. This one has round eyes and a sharp tip on the tail.

[Guest drwright6]

It really LOOKS like a pine snake. They can have a nasty attitude and a nasty bite but they are non-venomous.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

The head doesn't look right for a copperhead. You said two fangs. I'm not good with snakes,

but fangs say give me another pic of the head. Otherwise rat snake is probably it.

[Garufa]

Killing a snake in TN is generally illegal. Just an FYI for those that don't know...nothing to do with OP's trap.

[Guest TNdad]

It looks like a rat, chicken or cow snake. The rat snake is pretty antagonistic but not venomous.

[subsonic]

Maybe a rat snake, could also be a king snake, they come in a very wide assortment of coloring and marking.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Am ignorant of snakes. Dunno how true, but read somewhere that you can't be "100 percent certain" that a non-poisonous venom-type snake really is non-poisonous. The article explained that there is some natural variability in venom contents among the species and it isn't impossible that you could encounter a garter snake ferinstance that packs an unusually strong wallop. The article also mentioned that some people can be allergic to "non-poisonous" snake bites just as easily as being allergic to such as bee stings. So sometimes weak venom can mess up an allergic human.

Maybe all the above is untrue, but it reinforced my desire not to get bit by any kind of snake.

When I was a kid kept a pet bull snake. I kept that snake to try to get over my fear of snakes but it didn't work. I wasn't afraid of my pet snake but I remained afraid of wild snakes.

That bull snake was sneaky. He would docilely crawl in a loop around your hands and arms for a long time until a person wasn't paying attention. Then on one of his slithery passes over and under your hand or arm, as soon as his head was out of sight he would bite the snot out of you. You would't think a snake would be smart enough. Maybe it was coincidence, but he always bit when you couldn't see him doing it. He never tried to bite when his head was visible.

[Oh Shoot]

Cottonmouth blue timber racer hoop rattler.

(seriously: clearly not venomous, whatever exactly it is)

- OS

[xd shooter]

He was telling you to let him go!

[chances R]

In N.America, round pupils = nonvenomous.........it's one of the 'other kind'

[Caster]

In N.America, round pupils = nonvenomous.........it's one of the 'other kind'

I thought the coral snake had round eye.

[bluedog]

I'm no herpatologist, but it's not poisonous. Pretty sure all snakes have fangs or else it'd be next to impossible to eat.

As far as species, looks like a grey rat snake. Had you caught something in the trap? He was probably hungry!

EDIT: I can't even spell herpetologist!

Edited March 31, 2012 by bluedog

[Links2k]

Man oh man, if my wife ever came home to a surprise like that, there'd be a "For Sale" sign in the front yard and we'd be living in a motel room.

I don't know what kind of snake it is beyond: SNAKE! IN THE HOUSE!! BAD!!!

I know what you mean.

[Guest tommy62]

Killing a snake in TN is generally illegal. Just an FYI for those that don't know...nothing to do with OP's trap.

One law I'll have to break. Hate 'em.

[Mark@Sea]

Whoops, sorry, wrong thread. Thought you were referring to POTUS

[Will H]

According to most us southern folks we only have 5 types of snakes in the US

Cottonmouth

Copperhead

Coral Snake

Rattle Snake

Chicken Snake

He is clearly none of the top four. He is closest to the copperhead, but is off color, has the wrong head shape, and his eyes are wrong.

[Timestepper]

What kind of snake is it? I'll tell you what kind: The best kind... DEAD!

(Please, no flames from snake lovers - I actually have two snakes of my own: One buried in the garden and one sleeping under my pickup... tire.)

Edited March 31, 2012 by Timestepper

[BryanP]

Poor little guy.

People don't realize how many snakes are around them. Thing is, if they know where you are you'll likely never see them. They generally have no interest in us beyond avoiding us.