Kat2

all 4' (I take lousy pictures) of black snake skin. right? Black snake, please say yes?




Hey I won't even try to channel Nastassja Kinski but I picked it up! Yeah! And I didn't interrupt the lizards who've "doing it" for the past few weeks. Yes, I finally figured out there weren't fighting so I didn't need to protect the smaller combatant with its back turned to the "enemy"--not that "it" was fighting.

Snakes getting naked in my yard and lizards reenacting Woodstock...my jungle is getting jiggy it seems.

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Botanical_Bryce

Probably a racer. I can assure you the snake is much smaller than you think. The skins are always way bigger. I have bred and produced hundreds of snakes and maintained many more. I have pulled and dried many skins. And left them on hiking trails.

Alastria

If you're on Facebook, I can point you towards a Florida snake identification group that's good at this sort of thing. Or if not, I could post your photos there for you and let you know what they say, if you want me to.

Kat2

Not on FB; I'm a rebel.

I've only seen black snakes in my yard. Besides always dumping standing water (mosquitoes and Cubans love to breed there) I've learned to fold up and put away tarps; who'd have thunk they'd hide there to surprise us both? The woodpile in my yard will get "beat on" at least an hour before I move it.

I have a 4 footer and a bunch of babies. I have a bird that's nesting in my dryer vent; I didn't think to buy a flap until the family was in place. Apparently everyone here is having fun in my jungle save me.

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RobG7aChattTN

Whatever it was it was skinny so not a water moccasin or copper head. The tail is complete so not a rattle snake. It doesn't look like a coral snake either so whatever it is it should be harmless. Now if it is a black racer he's probably there to eat anoles so not great news for those guys. Luckily it sounds like they are making more.