Hard to be sure from photo but I'd guess garter snake https://herpsofnc.org/eastern-garter-snake/ or less common ribbon snake https://herpsofnc.org/eastern-ribbon-snake/ , both non toxic.
The toxic snakes in the US are the coral snakes and vipers, which include cotton mouth, copper head, and several rattle snakes. Several harmless snakes resemble the coral snake but corral snakes have the distinctive "red-on-yellow kill a fellow" color pattern. The vipers have a wide head and (of course) rattlers rattle, usually. https://wildlifeinformer.com/venomous-snakes-in-the-united-states/ -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 9:38 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good or bad snake? Venomous --FT Sent from iFōn > On Nov 25, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Looks like a good snake to me. There are very few poisonous snakes > in North America. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 1:27 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; > okiet...@okiebenz.com > Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: [MBZ] Good or bad snake? > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
