Howdee, and What is this Snake? Tangled up BAD

[johnnyyukon]

Hey, I'm Johnny from Arkansas.

I've almost stepped on a rattlesnake but the rattle actually prevented it. Think my heart stopped, then spiked after slowly turning around and briskly walking away.

Encountered a Naja Atra, or Chinese/Taiwanese cobra in Taiwan on a scooter. Small, narrow road with jungle on either side, could NOT slow down/stop in time but the cobra crossed right in front of me and raised up, sadly I ran over it, but in replaying it in my mind, don't think there was an alternative.

It was HUGE, and did slither off. Maybe it lived.

ID question now, back in Arkansas, found a (THINK) Rat Snake MAJORLY caught up in some of that ground mesh. I had pulled it up cuz there's a punching bag nearby and I just didn't think to cut it away.

Anyway, spent about 40 minutes clipping all the mesh away. Tricky cuz parts had dug into it's body. Used an Optivisor,some hemostats, sharp pointy nail clippers. And a little stick/cloth when it tried to bite me.

Everything I've read says rat snakes are black, but, being colorblind, my mom said this one was blue. Whiteish underbelly.

Pics/a video below...

wait, ok, new member so uh, no pics allowed i guess. would probably help (sarcasm). Video at least