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alessia55
03-15-13, 04:14 PM
Found by a friend of mine in North East US
Please ID :)

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/734471_4831323706591_954889702_n.jpg
Missster Snake
03-15-13, 04:30 PM
Maybe a pine snake? What state is it from?
poison123
03-15-13, 04:47 PM
Yellow rat? They also come in a brownish color.
RyanReptile
03-15-13, 06:01 PM
Might be a water snake
Hannibalcanibal
03-15-13, 06:03 PM
Yeah, water snake was what i was thinking too.
poison123
03-15-13, 06:05 PM
Looks a bit slender to be a water snake. At least compared to the ones I've seen.
Revenant
03-15-13, 06:07 PM
Northern Pine is a good guess, but the few I've interacted with all had eye bars. The apparent lack of head pattern on this one is throwing me.
KORBIN5895
03-15-13, 10:23 PM
I think it's a cobra.
alessia55
03-16-13, 07:28 AM
I think it's a cobra.
That sounds about right. I'm going to tell her it's a cobra.......... :laugh:
KORBIN5895
03-16-13, 10:40 AM
I freaking nailed it!
Aaron_S
03-16-13, 10:44 AM
It's not a pine snake.

Looks a lot like a water snake.

Here's a pine snake.

http://www.scserp.com/SCSPhotoGalleryMiscSnakesFullSizeImages/NorthernPineSnake001.jpg

Note the different patterns, colour and head shape.
Roman
03-16-13, 12:52 PM
I am not really an expert about North American snakes but let’s have a look at the picture

- the eyes are located nearly on top of the head, that is typical for north American watersnakes (Nerodia sp.), with ratsnakes the eyes would be located lower at the sides of the head

- the scales are keeled, also common with Nerodia, ratsnakes have only weakly keeled scales

So I would agree with Ryan, Hannibal and Aaron, this is a watersnake of the genus Nerodia

- the squarish dark blotches on the back are alternating with a row of similar blotches on the sides

- if you look at the top of the picture you can just see the beginning of the belly scales, they are cream-colored or yellow

This could be the Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota). The geographical range of this snake is from Virginia down to Florida --> so alessia is this range far enough north for your friend or do we have to look for another species?

Roman
MDT
03-16-13, 02:29 PM
I agree, this looks like a member of Nerodia.
KORBIN5895
03-16-13, 03:08 PM
I didn't know cobras were part of the Nerodia family!?!?!
StudentoReptile
03-16-13, 03:10 PM
I'm going with brown water snake.
MDT
03-16-13, 03:44 PM
I didn't know cobras were part of the Nerodia family!?!?!

it's a new addition ;)
Pareeeee
03-16-13, 06:39 PM
I'm going with brown water snake.

Agreed. Here are some photos I found on the web.

Nerodia taxispilota
http://www.oriannesociety.org/sites/default/files/blogs/basket-o-snakes.jpg


http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/snakes/brown-watersnake/Brown%20Water%20Snake%20%20%28Nerodia%20taxispilot a%29%20201.jpg

I like this one :D
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/5808932789_4e75f74c3f.jpg