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Is this a TX Black Rat Snake?

Lavagirl

Lavagirl

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He was on my back porch. I almost stepped on him. He did not strike at me. I saw him out of the corner of my eye. I've been Googling, but I'm so bad at this type of thing. Thanks for any help...He had a creamy underbelly.
 

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It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks a lot like the adult TX rat snakes I have in my area. How long was it? TX rats can get over 6'.
 
that looks like a water snake to me

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Blotched water snake
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa
 
The Texas Rat Snake and the Black Rat Snake are different snakes. That doesn't look like either though. I think I have to agree with the water snake opinion.
 
Water Snake it is

Not sure of which kind. There is a snake named after that Brazos River.
Somebody from Texas should be along soon.
 
Thanks ya'll. After I saw the picture and Googled it, I am pretty sure that's what it is. I live right by a bayou and I've heard other people talk about snakes on their porches and one lady was scared because one came in through her doggie door and she turned on the light to find him in the middle of the floor! :sidestep: I just wanted to if it was a venomous snake or not. I'm not into wanting the wildlife killed just because I'm afraid, you know? I think he was just warming himself on my patio. Plus, I have plants and whatnot and there's lots of toads and anoles and geckos - what a feast for him. He was pretty calm. He just looked at me and I looked at him and backed up slowly as not to scare him, though my feet being so close to him in the first place. But he wasn't coiled up ready to strike. He was trying to move away when I took the photo. When I checked about fifteen minutes later, he was gone. Just in case I or my son or dogs ever startle one and it bites, I will feel better knowing it's not a venomous snake. Thanks for the help.
 
Does anyone else aggree it looks as if it could be about to shed? and just be a very dark Corn? im probaly wrong but could be a chance.
 
Now that you mention it, it does look like its eyes are cloudy. But it's definitely not a cornsnake.
 
RyanR said:
Does anyone else aggree it looks as if it could be about to shed? and just be a very dark Corn? im probaly wrong but could be a chance.
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Yes, it looks to be in blue. No, it is not a dark corn.
Water snake for sure :wavey:
 
To be more specific (for the heck of it) it looks like a midland water snake, which is a subspecies of the northern water snake nerodia sipedon . They can be found as far south as the Florida panhandle and west to Oklahoma :wavey:
 
I was thinking a blotched water snake. Either way, water snake is my guess as well. Here are some pics. First one is a blotched water snake, the second a western cottonmouth. The cottonmouth's head looks evil!
 

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