(September 18, 2016 at 6:21 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Thanks, hon.
Bummer about the snake, what kind was it?
I'm not sure. It was very dark grey or black with a slight amount of red coloring; Not red banding so much as it was red between the scales. It was about 30 inches long, which I guess isn't that big for a forest or a desert. It's the biggest I've seen at my house, though. The garter snakes I usually spot around here are less than a foot long and fairly scrawny. I actually thought one was one of my kids' shoelaces once, and bent down to pick it up. Luckily, it moved.
Anyway, I checked the Virginia Herpetological Society's website and the Northern Black Racer and Eastern Rat Snake, look like the closest matches. Maybe even the Northern Water Snake. I can't remember which, but one of those damn snakes likes to hunker down in attics, basements and crawlspaces for the winter. None of them are venomous, though.
Anyway, I checked the Virginia Herpetological Society's website and the Northern Black Racer and Eastern Rat Snake, look like the closest matches. Maybe even the Northern Water Snake. I can't remember which, but one of those damn snakes likes to hunker down in attics, basements and crawlspaces for the winter. None of them are venomous, though.
Northern Black Racer
Eastern Rat Snake
Red-bellied Water Snake