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06-22-17, 04:48 PM
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unknown snake
I would like some input from anyone who thinks they know what kind of snake this is...I was thinking it was some kind of king snake. It was found at a friend's house right outside of Birmingham, AL. I would thing its was a lost pet since it seemed to want to be inside (reference the snake pic one the outside of the house)
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06-22-17, 05:03 PM
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Re: unknown snake
It's a harmless rat snake. It looks dead in the last picture with how it's postured...is it?
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06-22-17, 05:03 PM
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Re: unknown snake
I do not claim to be an expert, but to me it kind of looks like an Eastern Chain Kingsnake.
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06-22-17, 05:07 PM
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Re: unknown snake
More specifically, it is a western rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus.
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06-22-17, 05:43 PM
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Re: unknown snake
Midlands Rat Snake (Pantherophis spiloides), harmless. These are great snakes to have around, they eat a lot of rodents. This is a wild animal, it was just looking for food and was confused by the glass.
Western Rat Snakes (P. obsoletus) are not found east of the Mississippi River.
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06-22-17, 06:14 PM
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Re: unknown snake
I would never kill the snake! he is alive and well I was curious what it was . Thanks for everyone's feedback!
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06-23-17, 12:43 AM
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Re: unknown snake
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Originally Posted by Przfghtr
I would never kill the snake! he is alive and well I was curious what it was . Thanks for everyone's feedback!
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Glad to hear he's still on the job for you. He's a good guy to have around to do mouse patrol.
We see waaaaay too many posts where someone kills a snake and then asks, "Was it dangerous?" Usually the answer is no, and even if it was there are humane alternatives like having a wildlife pro come to relocate it.
The worst was a guy who burned a tiny, helpless blind snake to death with a cigarette lighter and then posted a photo of its poor charred body asking if it was a venomous baby snake and wondering where its mother was. That made me cry. It also elicited an unusually rude response for which I have no regrets.
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06-23-17, 07:19 AM
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Re: unknown snake
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Originally Posted by FWK
Midlands Rat Snake (Pantherophis spiloides), harmless. These are great snakes to have around, they eat a lot of rodents. This is a wild animal, it was just looking for food and was confused by the glass.
Western Rat Snakes (P. obsoletus) are not found east of the Mississippi River.
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I stand corrected. 
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06-24-17, 09:42 PM
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Re: unknown snake
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Originally Posted by SerpentineDream
The worst was a guy who burned a tiny, helpless blind snake to death with a cigarette lighter and then posted a photo of its poor charred body asking if it was a venomous baby snake and wondering where its mother was. That made me cry. It also elicited an unusually rude response for which I have no regrets.
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Ugh I remember that  the snake looked like an earth worm and he killed for really no reason. I didn't comment on it because I couldn't say anything that wasn't rude.
To OP I am also glad you didn't kill this guy. Amuses me he was scaling the window
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