Huge Snake!

[The Rebel]

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

 

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[pepperj]

We have a Rat Snake in our back yard, hasn't tried eating our chicken eggs yet. The snake crawled into a hole in our house. Mr snake is allowed to stay here as long as it goes to the attic to eat mice.

It's amazing how they can get in a small crack

 

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It's amazing how they can get in a small crack

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When we had laying hens, the Rat snakes would be able to crawl through the holes in the chicken wire...BUT after they would eat an egg they couldn't get out of the chicken coop, so I would capture them and relocate them.
There would always be another Rat snake take it's place a few weeks later.

 

[TDiver1715]

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

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Hello

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

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Hello! Based on the faded pattern I see in the last photo, it looks much like the King Snake we have here in the SE. I have also seen water snakes with a similar pattern

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

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Hello! Based on the faded pattern I see in the last photo, I am thinking water snake. I have a King Snake in my backyard with a pattern that fades after shedding, but the pattern yours has is different. Here's a photo of mine eating an Eastern "Worm" snake (these are a rare, endangered species here; very small, live under leaves and are totally harmless). I actually separated them after the photo. King Snakes eat venomous snakes (Copperheads, Rattlers, Moccasins, Coral, etc.).