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Identifying a Snake?

Identifying a Snake - striped snake with triangular headIt looks like pictures of rat snakes, either eastern or yellow, but the head is wrong. It's a larger more triangular head with the jaw extending beyond the body. The head is also the same color as the light stripes and the eyes are small. It did not strike when it was moved with a broom and it was approximately 2 ft long, tapering off towards the tail. I think it's too large to be a garter. It was chilling out on a ramp in the shade in central Florida.

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If it's just a rat snake I'll help them move it if it's there again today. For now it relocated to the bushes next to the ramp; however, it's in front of a physical rehabilitation facility and the patients are far from nimble. Most are quite frightened by snakes, regardless of harm level, so I'd like to help them relocate it to the woods next door. It may return, but at least an effort would be made to satisfy snake and patients.

Apologies for the pics - they show up oriented correctly on my computer, but the site turns them when I preview and I have no idea how they'll show when I post.

Identifying a Snake
 

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May 16, 20180 found this helpful

It could be a banded water snake.

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May 16, 20180 found this helpful

Maybe a ball python

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May 17, 20180 found this helpful

so what worries me here is the excessively triangular head which can indicate a venomous snake. More info on that here www.snake-removal.com/venomous.html

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i owuld call a herpetologist or wildlife specialist because you do NOT want this biting you or residents

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