ID req on snakey fing

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:23 am

Can anyone ID this snakey fing? Found it this morning on the back doorstep waiting to ambush my moggy

grumpyfrog · Post by **grumpyfrog** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:32 am

Bloody hell, I know it's been warm down there but that's taking global warming a bit too far.
Pm Seb, he'll probably take it of you if you caught it.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:33 am

looks like a corn snake .

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:35 am

My first thought was some kind of Coral snake, maybe a baby, but it's lacking any Black marks.

I don't know I'm now expert. I would have loved to have found one of them though.

I expect being where you are there is bound to be loads of pets escaped. It's the Gators you need to watch out for.

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lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:38 am

http://moblog.net/view/222937/corn-snakes

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Repti ... nsnake.cfm

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:43 am

I'm locking the doors, plugging keyholes and taking extra care when on the loo

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:47 am

ive had grass snakes

in the garden before but they are native to the uk but never a exotic one .
did you catch it ?

bikernut43 · Post by **bikernut43** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:57 am

Im no expert, but after extensive google searching i'm pretty sure its safe,
it looks the same as the one in the bottom left of this photo... Im told by my niece its the green ones which are nasty!

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:57 am

It's not snakes in the toilet you need to worry about. It's the rats coming back up through the sewage system, around the U bend and biting your elbow.

As for Adders, I watched a interesting programme the over day about Britain's native wildlife that is going extinct. The majority of Britain's adders now populate Greenham common.
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/gree ... fe-revival

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MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:05 am

It's a snake.

Poss Coral, nothing to worry about, stick it under your floor boards to keep the mouse population down.

Might be worth asking neighbours if they have lost one...or check local lamp posts for a missing snake poster, there might be a reward...

Teach72 · Post by **Teach72** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:32 pm

It is a corn snake. The colou morph is an amel corn snake. Harmless very common as pets due to their calm nature.

They are escape artisits from vivariums, also this time of year owners put them in the garden for "a walk" get distracted turn around and it's legged it. They can more pretty fast.

Probably belongs to someone local.

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:31 pm

It would be fast if it had legs.

Well done for identifying it.

Wicky did you catch the snake?

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