What is this?

Thumb · 09-05-16, 11:37 AM

Hope this is the place to post this. I found this in our pool and have never seen this color of snake before. I tried getting closer but he kept striking at me.

Here's a video

https://youtu.be/NhCLA11mcmY

FWK · 09-05-16, 12:45 PM

A location would be helpful, but it appears to be a Common Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis). A harmless fossorial species found in California, Oregon, and Washington. Could you confirm the location?

dannybgoode · 09-05-16, 12:55 PM

The OP's 'hi' thread confirms Oregon...

Thumb · 09-05-16, 04:09 PM

Yes, I'm from Oregon but I'm in California right now at my mother's house. I was just checking to make sure it wasn't some exotic venomous species so my mother wouldn't worry. I figured it wasn't so I let it go and it disappeared into the garden area.

FWK · 09-05-16, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Thumb

Yes, I'm from Oregon but I'm in California right now at my mother's house. I was just checking to make sure it wasn't some exotic venomous species so my mother wouldn't worry. I figured it wasn't so I let it go and it disappeared into the garden area.

That's why I ask, thanks for confirming.

Thumb · 09-05-16, 05:16 PM

Thanks for the replies, my mother feels safer now. The only venomous snakes I have ever seen were Water Moccasin back in Ohio and rattlers here.