identify this snake

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YotaOnRocks

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Found this guy in the sand in an ongoing patio project. He was already dead I don't know if the dog got him or what. Anyway I have 3 and 2 year old niece's that love to play in that sand and wanted to know if someone could identify it for me.
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About how big was it? It looks like a young rat snake; as they get older then turn almost all black.

Edit: as far as kids, these snakes are perfectly harmless, and can even be handled. My kids love to find them and watch them go along their merry way. Good snakes to have around.
 
I didn't stretch it out to Measure it but it was pretty small. I zoomed a lot to try and get some detail of it in case it helped identify it.
 
I refer to those as "Gaston County Copperheads", because everyone around here seems to think that if it's not black, it must be a copperhead.
 
Same kind I found under a house last week. Theyre alright.
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Like others have said looks like a rat snake.
I had one as a "pet" when I was a kid. I was holding it one day when it decided to bite my finger, and get loose in the house. Parents didn't like that too much :lol:
 
Flip it over and look at the scales past its shitter hole.

If it has a single row of wide scales, it's poisonous. If there are multiple scales, it's not venomous. The type of snake it is is irrelevant so long as it's not venomous.
 
Always look at the shape of the head and see if it has the pit viper trianglular head. that's your first clue.
 
R Q said:
Always look at the shape of the head and see if it has the pit viper trianglular head. that's your first clue.
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Eyes will tell the tale also. Non venomous will have a round pupil, where venomous will have the up and down pupil. I'm not sure who in the hell wants to get close enough to a live snake to check that, but if your ever face to face, there you go.
 
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