Yellow Snake with brown stripes???

[wallymom]

SSSSSSo, I was driving out of the neighborhood tonight, and YUCK...there was a dead snake in the middle of the street (it looked like it had been sleeping and someone ran over it...it was coiled up in a circle and smooshed). Anyway, it was yellow with brown stripes. I've never seen a snake like this down here (not that I've seen a lot of snakes) and am just wondering if anyone knows what it might be??? If so, would it have been poisonousssss?

Any info would be appreciated! THANKSSSSSSSSSS.

[Smiling JOe]

which way did the stripes run? across the body or length-wise? how large were the brown stripes? How long was the snake (good guess)? was it fat or thin? Could it have been brown, with yellow stripes, like the Garter Snake, below?

http://www.sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/1/6/P3300006sm.jpg

[Smiling JOe]

also, do you live in sowal? if not, what part of the country?

[wallymom]

Hi Joe, thanks for responding. I live full-time in Indiana and have a cottage down here...I don't get down often enough!

It was a struggle for me to really inspect the snake...I looked as long as I could before getting the creeps. It didn't look like the garter snake in the photo. Its dominant color was yellow. I think the brown stripes were vertical, rather than following the shape of the snake (I'm not 100% on this...the snake was coiled up and I couldn't bare to look for very long).

It was probably about as big around as a garden hose. Are you aware of anything like this???

[Smiling JOe]

So the snake was in SoWal?

From your description, the snake doesn't sound familiar to me.

I think the brown stripes were vertical, rather than following the shape of the snake This is confusing to me. Were the stripes like rings around the snake or were they long stripes running the length of the body?

[Smiling JOe]

So the snake was in SoWal?

From your description, the snake doesn't sound familiar to me.

I think the brown stripes were vertical, rather than following the shape of the snake This is confusing to me. Were the stripes like rings around the snake or were they long stripes running the length of the body?

[rapunzel]

Google "diamondback snake" and look at the images that come up. Could that be it?

If he was coiled, someone ran him over on purpose. That really bothers me, because snakes are way better than rats....

[Smiling JOe]

Most snakes will naturally react to being ran over, by twisting around and maybe coiling up as they die in pain, much like a person in much physical pain might curl into the fetal position.

[seagrovegirl]

Google "diamondback snake" and look at the images that come up. Could that be it?

If he was coiled, someone ran him over on purpose. That really bothers me, because snakes are way better than rats....

Not if it's in the house!:eek:

[wallymom]

Thanks for the input....the stripes were more like rings around the body, not the length of the snake. If it's still in the street, I'll try to muster up the courage to get close enough to shoot a photo. I did call the mgt. company yesterday and ask them to have it removed, so it may be gone.

I did look up diamond back snake on google, but didn't see anything that looks like this one. This one is more dominantly yellow than brown. :)

[Franny]

Google the Bullsnake or Pine Snake. Let us know what you find.

[Bdarg]

Yellow Rat Snake? Rat snakes are good to have around.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/yellow_ratsnake_1.jpg

[Franny]

Yellow Rat Snake? Rat snakes are good to have around.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/yellow_ratsnake_1.jpg

That is what I thought too but she mentions that the stripes wrap around rather than vertical....:idontno:

[wallymom]

Hi! I looked up Bull Snake and Yellow Rat Snake on Google. While most of the photos on the Yellow Rat Snake showed lengthwise stripes, there were some with stripes going the other way...and this is what this snake looked like! I then read up on them, and apparently they are dominant in the northwest part of Florida. The mystery may be solved. :)

Thanks to everyone for their input!!!!!

[Smiling JOe]

I think the juvee's yellow rat snakes have some bands rather than stripes.

[dbcooper]

I had 9 snakes in my backyard last summer. One crawled out of my sons dump truck as he picked it up. Try as you might---nobody could convince me snakes are good to have around!

[Rita]

I had 9 snakes in my backyard last summer. One crawled out of my sons dump truck as he picked it up. Try as you might---nobody could convince me snakes are good to have around!

Just remember - this is what rattlesnakes learn starting in preschool:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/gulfwindsway/snake_school.jpg


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[Franny]

Hi! I looked up Bull Snake and Yellow Rat Snake on Google. While most of the photos on the Yellow Rat Snake showed lengthwise stripes, there were some with stripes going the other way...and this is what this snake looked like! I then read up on them, and apparently they are dominant in the northwest part of Florida. The mystery may be solved. :)

Thanks to everyone for their input!!!!!



We use the National Audubon Society Guide for Reptiles and Amphibians of N. America...very handy! Glad the mystery may have been solved.

[aleonard]

Just remember - this is what rattlesnakes learn starting in preschool:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/gulfwindsway/snake_school.jpg


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OMG, Rita. I love this. I was bitten by a ground rattler when I was five. I wandered around a bit before going in to see my Grandma at the little country store she ran. I went in and she sat me up on the counter. I told her I had been under the plum tree and had stepped on a bee. She saw the fang marks in my heel and started screaming for my dad and Grandpa.They went out back to get the snake to take with me to the hospital. The snake struck at my grandpas work boots and got it's fangs stuck in the leather and thats how they caught it so I would be given the right anti venom. I still don't fear them but have a healthy respect for them when we meet.

[ASH]

I am in a LTR and was cleaning up the place shortly after I moved in and discovered a critter in the storage room that leads out into the back yard. I thought at first that it was just a large night-crawler and hardly gave it a thought. As I was reaching to pick it up and toss it out the back door, I caught what looked like red bands going around the little bugger. :leaving:When I finally landed back on the ground, I looked closer to see that it was a snake. My first thought was that it was a baby coral snake. After googling for a bit, I am more convinced it is a corn snake. I scooped him up with a dust-pan and let him go in the back yard. He was just fine. Probably still out there eating up all those little lizards. :biggrin:

[seagrovegirl]

OMG, Rita. I love this. I was bitten by a ground rattler when I was five. I wandered around a bit before going in to see my Grandma at the little country store she ran. I went in and she sat me up on the counter. I told her I had been under the plum tree and had stepped on a bee. She saw the fang marks in my heel and started screaming for my dad and Grandpa.They went out back to get the snake to take with me to the hospital. The snake struck at my grandpas work boots and got it's fangs stuck in the leather and thats how they caught it so I would be given the right anti venom. I still don't fear them but have a healthy respect for them when we meet.

I was bitten too!.... and didn't know I was bit. Went to the doctor and we figured it out, probably a ground rattler/pygmy rattler. I didn't have anti-venom because I waited 3 days...so I was sick for quite a while,

[Rita]

OMG, Rita. I love this. I was bitten by a ground rattler when I was five. I wandered around a bit before going in to see my Grandma at the little country store she ran. I went in and she sat me up on the counter. I told her I had been under the plum tree and had stepped on a bee. She saw the fang marks in my heel and started screaming for my dad and Grandpa.They went out back to get the snake to take with me to the hospital. The snake struck at my grandpas work boots and got it's fangs stuck in the leather and thats how they caught it so I would be given the right anti venom. I still don't fear them but have a healthy respect for them when we meet.

:shock: Wow! That's quite a story! I'm trying to picture the snake hanging onto the boot by it's fangs.


I was bitten too!.... and. Went to the doctor and we figured it out, probably a ground rattler/pygmy rattler. I didn't have anti-venom because I waited 3 days...so I was sick for quite a while,

I can imagine not realizing it but I guess if it only feels sorta like a bee sting, you might just go on about your business... :blink:


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[aleonard]

:shock: Wow! That's quite a story! I'm trying to picture the snake hanging onto the boot by it's fangs.


My dad said my grandpa was jumping on one leg and trying to stomp and kick at it with the other:blink: Kinda like doing a jig.
After all the commotion, I just remember my dad driving like a bat outta hail getting me to the hospital. And then the one doctor in town was in the middle of the lake fishing and they had to send a boat out to him to get him in.

[aleonard]

I was bitten too!.... and didn't know I was bit. Went to the doctor and we figured it out, probably a ground rattler/pygmy rattler. I didn't have anti-venom because I waited 3 days...so I was sick for quite a while,

U are one lucky girl.;-)

[ASH]

That's what I call a small town story. Love it. :clap:

Ever watch "Grumpy Old Men" or "Grumpier Old Men"? Same kinda small town stuff. Love those old movies.

[aleonard]

That's what I call a small town story. Love it. :clap:

Ever watch "Grumpy Old Men" or "Grumpier Old Men"? Same kinda small town stuff. Love those old movies.

I love those movies. There is just something about real grumpy old men that I love. I guess under all that gruff I know they are usually big ol teddy bears.

I had one pull a shotgun on me here in Walton when I helped with the 2000 census. We ended up chatting for about 4 hours that day and he showed me around his emu ranch. Life is always stranger than fiction.:cool:

[ASH]

I have both mvies on DVD at my place. Actually my wife has like 300 DVD's should anyone ever want to borrow one. I have asked her to catalog them somehow to make them more searchable. One gets tired of craning their neck 90 degrees to try to read all the titles....:biggrin:

[dogflyguy]

Hey all it might possibly have been an Albino rat(corn) snake they actually look more yellow than the yellow rat snake and sometimes mistaken for each other the albino's are pretty rare in the wild because of their bright coloring they stand out to humans,hawks and owls.thats too bad it got killed they are very colorful and actually very timid snakes

[dbcooper]

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb245/dbcooper13/yello.jpg

Is this it???

By the way, this is a plastic toy snake.