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08-29-11, 12:40 PM
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This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
What kind of snake is this? I live in NE Ohio, and it scared the crap out of my wife and kids. Is it harmless? Thanks for any help!
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08-29-11, 04:08 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
Looks like a ribbon snake, harmless.
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08-29-11, 04:18 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
An easy way of figuring out if a snake is harmless or harmful is to look up the snakes in your area. I typed "venomous snakes in Ohio" to get this page, Venomous Snakes of Ohio
You can see from that page there is 3 venomous snakes in Ohio, 2 of which have rattles on the end of their tail. The only one that doesn't have a rattle is the copperhead, which looks nothing like that snake. So for future reference that's a good way of doing it.
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08-29-11, 04:55 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
Ribbon snake, totally harmless.
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08-29-11, 10:08 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
Ribbon snakes are commonly kept as pets.
another kind of garter snake.
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08-29-11, 10:29 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
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Ribbon snakes are commonly kept as pets.
another kind of garter snake.
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They are kept as pets, but they are very fast and make a mess in their water bowel. They are very water oriented.
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08-29-11, 11:57 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
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They are kept as pets, but they are very fast and make a mess in their water bowel. They are very water oriented.
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Yes, and are excellent climbers too. Easy to get taking small fuzzy mice, and quite interesting as display animals.
I kept a couple Thamnophis Proximus orarius for a few years.
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08-30-11, 12:10 AM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
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Yes, and are excellent climbers too. Easy to get taking small fuzzy mice, and quite interesting as display animals.
I kept a couple Thamnophis Proximus orarius for a few years.
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I use them as display snakes in my shows. Mine thrashes around a lot when you hold it, but it never had tried to bite.
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08-30-11, 01:12 AM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
I had a couple. It was good fun to watch them fishing.
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12-11-11, 03:51 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
that was my first snake ever :3
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12-11-11, 09:38 PM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
Maybe the pic is deceiving, but that snake looks much larger than a garter snake? 
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12-14-11, 07:31 AM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
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Maybe the pic is deceiving, but that snake looks much larger than a garter snake? |
I would guess based on the weed leaves( Dandelion ) that the snake in the picture is about 14 ish inches... ??
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12-14-11, 07:45 AM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
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Maybe the pic is deceiving, but that snake looks much larger than a garter snake? |
Im with you on this one. It does look a bit big for a ribbon snake, and the pattern is a little different than the ones in the other pics.
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12-14-11, 09:28 AM
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Re: This was in my yard in NE Ohio.
cv1972675, I found this pretty amazing PDF about Ohio reptiles: Ohio Reptiles PDF. I can't really tell by your photo, but I would lean towards it being a queensnake rather than a garter snake. 
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