My local finds

[BryanB]

Normal checkered garter
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/6fbe2a0e625961db12c37a80c47ae5ae_zps63b31301.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/6fbe2a0e625961db12c37a80c47ae5ae_zps63b31301.jpg.h tml)
Black racer these things get huge here. Don't know what they actually are called
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/c1cbfab2320502840a39005b8806c49c_zpsb85ecede.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/c1cbfab2320502840a39005b8806c49c_zpsb85ecede.jpg.h tml)

Ring neck never expected to see one of these in my yard but moving rocks and there it was
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/ac02f29dc3026327baab68c3859e3fc4_zps616eec43.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/ac02f29dc3026327baab68c3859e3fc4_zps616eec43.jpg.h tml)
One of the many painted turtles I move from the road. My job is driving I move every one I see.
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/e41d73042753aceb2c046ebcdf5aba60_zps74a0923f.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/e41d73042753aceb2c046ebcdf5aba60_zps74a0923f.jpg.h tml)
Momma snapper laying eggs
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/fdc9534b837f4d457d73855bb234d773_zps69511953.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/fdc9534b837f4d457d73855bb234d773_zps69511953.jpg.h tml)
Lastly eastern woodland box turtle
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/ad605f7a7d330284cc321fd9d37decea_zpsd2963612.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/ad605f7a7d330284cc321fd9d37decea_zpsd2963612.jpg.h tml)

[sweatshirt]

Nice! We have a black racer that lives on our lanai.

[BryanB]

I am waiting to stumble on the other two snake species I know are around copper heads and at least one type of rattler.

[Amadeus]

Wow nice finds. =]

[Pareeeee]

[QUOTE=BryanB;851523]
Black racer these things get huge here. Don't know what they actually are called
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd506/glass-frog/c1cbfab2320502840a39005b8806c49c_zpsb85ecede.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/glass-frog/media/c1cbfab2320502840a39005b8806c49c_zpsb85ecede.jpg.h tml)

I could be wrong but that looks like a Black Rat Snake

Anyway, great finds!

[franks]

Whatever it is, I find alot of them when I am fishing in NJ.

[BryanB]

Whatever it is, I find alot of them when I am fishing in NJ.

They are all over and big and very fast

[Amadeus]

They are all over and big and very fast

What color is the bottom of the snake?

[smy_749]

What do you do for a living, my job is also driving. Very nice pictures, lots more variety than what I have here in northern CT

[BryanB]

I am a truck driver for a trash company

[BryanB]

What color is the bottom of the snake?

No idea to fast to catch and they look to have huge attitude when you do see them stopped

[Pareeeee]

Head shape and body pattern led me to believe that it is a Rat Snake instead of a Racer.
Northern Black Racer:
http://www.esf.edu/ecenter/eis/images/snakes/nblackracer.jpg

Eastern/Black Rat Snake:
http://www.thefossilforum.com/uploads/monthly_03_2010/post-1313-12697331109101.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3627/3669346203_1a1c01cc5c_z.jpg?zz=1

In reference to your painted turtle rescue, I have moved two off the road this year so far, one being quite a large (female?) today. I pulled a 3point turn and drove back and an SUV was heading toward it, and it was almost as if they tried to hit it. The turtle had to pull its head back into its shell, if it hadn't it wouldn't have had a head. I dislike people sometimes.

[BryanB]

In reference to your painted turtle rescue, I have moved two off the road this year so far, one being quite a large (female?) today. I pulled a 3point turn and drove back and an SUV was heading toward it, and it was almost as if they tried to hit it. The turtle had to pull its head back into its shell, if it hadn't it wouldn't have had a head. I dislike people sometimes.

i moved two in the last week that have had prior shell damage and not a tiny nick one had the entire corner above its rear leg gone but it still had its leg and it was healed so off the road it went.

[StudentoReptile]

Actually, the most reliable distinguishing feature that separates a black ratsnake from a racer is: ratsnakes have (weakly) keeled scales, and racers have smooth scales. Head shape and coloration are very subjective; I've seen some ratsnakes that were completely black and young racers can still retain juvenile pattern longer than others.

[smy_749]

Actually, the most reliable distinguishing feature that separates a black ratsnake from a racer is: ratsnakes have (weakly) keeled scales, and racers have smooth scales. Head shape and coloration are very subjective; I've seen some ratsnakes that were completely black and young racers can still retain juvenile pattern longer than others.


What about the loose throat skin and ability to inflate it, is that distinguishable from the racers?

[wrecker45]

i moved a snapping turtle off the road. a guy in a pick-up got mad. he wanted to run it over. there are some sick puppys out there.

[Pareeeee]

i moved a snapping turtle off the road. a guy in a pick-up got mad. he wanted to run it over. there are some sick puppys out there.

I can't think of anything to say but ಠ_ಠ

[wrecker45]

the snake i have as my avatar pic. i caught on a property that is owned by people that kills any snake they see. i moved it to a saver place. if i catch them killing one i will have the m.n.r. at there door.

[formica]

i moved a snapping turtle off the road. a guy in a pick-up got mad. he wanted to run it over. there are some sick puppys out there.

you probly robbed him of his dinner

[Amadeus]

you probly robbed him of his dinner

That was hilarious.... I can stop laughing. lololol

Turtle soup =]

[alessia55]

Those are some sweet, sweet finds!!

[BryanB]

I am willing to save any animal I come across except deer they eat my plants