Need help identifying snake

warning1 · 10-29-12, 10:19 PM

Hell i found a baby snake in my front yard tonight and am having a little problem identifying it. any help will do. and thanks in advance.

Oh and if it helps i live in El Cajon Ca, east of San Diego

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KORBIN5895 · 10-30-12, 02:10 AM

Looks Cornish to me.

iBaman · 10-30-12, 03:03 AM

I see a ratsnake....

StudentoReptile · 10-30-12, 05:50 AM

Great Plains ratsnake would be my guess, given the area.

rmfsnakes32 · 10-30-12, 07:01 AM

I see a rattle snake be careful

Sorraia · 10-30-12, 10:24 AM

Do you have any additional pictures? We do not actually get rat snakes or corn snakes, so it is unlikely to be either of those. Its head is not triangular enough to be a baby rattlesnake.

In my professional opinion (I'm a field biologist!

), it looks like a juvenile lyre snake.
juvenile lyre snake - Google Search
(hope that link works!)

Here's another link:
Trimorphodon lyrophanes - Baja California Lyresnake

BTW - I live and work about 80-100 miles north of you.

Hi neighbor!

BarelyBreathing · 10-30-12, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmfsnakes32

I see a rattle snake be careful

That is 110% NOT a rattlesnake.

bladeblaster · 10-30-12, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorraia

Do you have any additional pictures? We do not actually get rat snakes or corn snakes, so it is unlikely to be either of those. Its head is not triangular enough to be a baby rattlesnake.

In my professional opinion (I'm a field biologist!

), it looks like a juvenile lyre snake.
juvenile lyre snake - Google Search
(hope that link works!)

Here's another link:
Trimorphodon lyrophanes - Baja California Lyresnake

BTW - I live and work about 80-100 miles north of you.

Hi neighbor!

I would concur