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Old 11-18-13, 07:09 AM   #1
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Re: Help identifying a snake...

Actually, I'm thinking red-bellied snake...but either way, perfectly harmless.

The snake isn't in front of me to key out.

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Old 11-18-13, 07:43 AM   #2
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Re: Help identifying a snake...

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Actually, I'm thinking red-bellied snake...but either way, perfectly harmless.

The snake isn't in front of me to key out.

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Yeah, I can see that, maybe the OP can put up a pic of the underside??
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Actually, I'm thinking red-bellied snake...but either way, perfectly harmless.
Excellent point.

The pattern does look very much like a Storeria occipitomaculata, the immediate cousin of the Storeria dekayi.

If the belly is bright red/orange that seals it, if the belly is creme colour, then it is a dekayi.
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Old 11-18-13, 07:27 PM   #4
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Re: Help identifying a snake...

Thank you everyone!
It's been a while since a snake stopped by and chilled out in my living room. lol Last time it was a garden snake but I have had a rattlesnake get in one year and bite my dog. I know what those and a few others look like but this one I had never seen before.
I would post another picture but I've already released him. His belly was a creme colour.
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