Shed snake

chairman · 05-02-17, 06:42 PM

I've been meaning to get around to taking pictures of my snakes but my weather and schedule haven't been matching well. Today was still a little chilly for my snakes but I came across this wild one in my shed while I was doing yard work. He's about six feet and roughly large enough to take small rats. Very docile snake, especially given that he's in blue; he was a pleasure to work with. Put him in a bin for pictures then put him back in the shed. May he stay fat and happy eating all the field mice making a mess in my shed...

Cyclops · 05-02-17, 06:59 PM

Looks sorta like a cali king but I cannot tell.

chairman · 05-02-17, 08:00 PM

I'm in southern Indiana... reasonably sure that it is a black rat snake. The scales aren't quite right (or head/neck transition) for the black king snake (l. nigra up this far north).

**EL Ziggy** · 05-05-17, 09:17 AM

Nice find. Looks like a rat snake to me as well.

brandonh · 05-14-17, 05:30 PM

Nice rat! I have not seen one this year yet.

akane · 05-17-17, 11:10 PM

That's probably going to be quite the pretty rat snake shed out.