The other day my wife and I went to look at a old farm house that's up for sale. When we got to the basement I came across a small snake that coiled up at first and shook his little tail. The snake was about 12" long and the realtor said that last week a different realtor found two of the same in the same basement. The basement wall are all field stone with a lot of gaps where anything could crawl in. My question is, can anyone identify the snake in the pictures. I know their not the best but it was kinda dark down there. I'm just wandering if this house might be infested with snakes every year. My first thought was that it is a Eastern massasauga just from looking at a lot of pictures. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks