Snake IDing

[FWK]

Originally Posted by orochisasu

My mom and I found a dead snake under our trash barrel and now we're scratching out heads trying to figure out what kind of snake it is. Sorry for the low resolution. We live in midwestern Missouri.

We're thinking that it could be a Prairie King Snake or a Black Rat Snake.

Yeah it's a Black Rat Snake. In your area it's a Western Rat Snake, aka Black Rat.

[sharthun]

Originally Posted by FWK

Yeah it's a Black Rat Snake. In your area it's a Western Rat Snake, aka Black Rat.

I agree, Black Rat Snake.