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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:01:00 PM EDT
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I did a Google search for "snakes of Georgia" found The Eastern Garter snake. If you do an image search there are a lot of pattern variations. This one looks kind of close. http://thecav.edublogs.org/files/2010/10/eastern_garter_snake-1ducnpa.jpg Here's another one. 
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:01:03 PM EDT
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gopher snake
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:01:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's another one. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Thamnophis_sirtalis_sirtalis_Wooster.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I did a Google search for "snakes of Georgia" found The Eastern Garter snake. If you do an image search there are a lot of pattern variations. This one looks kind of close. http://thecav.edublogs.org/files/2010/10/eastern_garter_snake-1ducnpa.jpg Here's another one. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Thamnophis_sirtalis_sirtalis_Wooster.jpg |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:02:43 PM EDT
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where on the OP's picture do you see stripes!? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I did a Google search for "snakes of Georgia" found The Eastern Garter snake. If you do an image search there are a lot of pattern variations. This one looks kind of close. http://thecav.edublogs.org/files/2010/10/eastern_garter_snake-1ducnpa.jpg Here's another one. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Thamnophis_sirtalis_sirtalis_Wooster.jpg The second picture in the OP shows the longitudinal stripes common to the Garter snakes. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:03:31 PM EDT
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Yellow or Gray Rat snake, or possibly an intergrade of the two. Yellow rats are often not very yellow at all. I'm not an expert on all things like most of GD, but I did keep and breed snakes for about 15 years. Definitely a rat snake.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:04:15 PM EDT
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Yellow Rat. We usually get them lighter and more yellow with darker stripes as they get older but some have the faint squares when young that are common on other rat snakes. ETA lo but OP already knew that lol Juvie Yellow Rat I agree. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:06:11 PM EDT
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 I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:08:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yellow Rat. We usually get them lighter and more yellow with darker stripes as they get older but some have the faint squares when young that are common on other rat snakes. ETA lo but OP already knew that lol Juvie Yellow Rat I agree. I was fooled by the juvenile pattern.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:10:05 PM EDT
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Looks like a garter snake, likely harmless. However please teach your son not to pick up snakes of unknown kind. Could be a life threatening mistake. It's not a garter, that's a rat snake. Completely harmless and quite beneficial to have around. That's also a younger one. The adults can get up to 6-7 feet long. They'll eat rats, mice, other snakes, and a lot of other pests. Their bite is no big deal, it'll hurt a little bit but it won't have any lasting effect. Let it go to do it's thing. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:10:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's not poisonous. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:12:36 PM EDT
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http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/VTHOKIESHOOTER/photobucket-31860-1378931864744_zps5b2b3e37.jpg I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake. The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. 
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:13:38 PM EDT
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are you sure? no one ate it yet... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's not poisonous. Not poisonous or venomous. Garter snakes are both. Their venom is nothing humans have to worry about unless you have an allergic reaction. Eating them is not advised however. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:15:18 PM EDT
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The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. http://thies-times.com/serpentryan/lifelist/Snakes/YellowRatSnake02.jpg http://ratsnakefoundation.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10005/normal_intergrade%20rat%20snake%201a.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/VTHOKIESHOOTER/photobucket-31860-1378931864744_zps5b2b3e37.jpg I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake. The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. http://thies-times.com/serpentryan/lifelist/Snakes/YellowRatSnake02.jpg http://ratsnakefoundation.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10005/normal_intergrade%20rat%20snake%201a.JPG This. End thread. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:15:21 PM EDT
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 I've seen two yellow rats, and they all looked like this one, and of course none of them were juveniles.  |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:16:18 PM EDT
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Congratulations! Your son is more of a man than 75% of ARFCOM.  This ^^ and i'm in the 75% who freezes/jumps/screams like a girl |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:16:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ah. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yellow Rat. We usually get them lighter and more yellow with darker stripes as they get older but some have the faint squares when young that are common on other rat snakes. ETA lo but OP already knew that lol Juvie Yellow Rat I agree. I was fooled by the juvenile pattern. The water snakes have red in them and the block pattern extends down to their bottom scales. This one's block pattern is only on his back, and ends where his longitudinal stripes will be after his next molt or so. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:16:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/VTHOKIESHOOTER/photobucket-31860-1378931864744_zps5b2b3e37.jpg I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake. The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:22:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I must say, that right there is a handsome snake. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/VTHOKIESHOOTER/photobucket-31860-1378931864744_zps5b2b3e37.jpg I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake. The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. http://thies-times.com/serpentryan/lifelist/Snakes/YellowRatSnake02.jpg We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:25:17 PM EDT
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The easiest way to know it's not a water snake is that it isn't biting and musking
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:25:24 PM EDT
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All the garter snake and water snake people crack me up.
It's clearly not a water OR garter snake. It's a rat snake. If it was a water or garter snake it would look rougher and be shitting all over the kid. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:28:53 PM EDT
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I was just about to say...... someone slept through the reptile class in Florida Phase !!
class 05-01 |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:29:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know, right? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/VTHOKIESHOOTER/photobucket-31860-1378931864744_zps5b2b3e37.jpg I highlighted the snake's pattern. It has the pattern, and coloration that you would find consistent with the brown water snake. The head/body shape are ratsnake-like though, and the pattern is consistent with a juvenile or gray/yellow intergrade. http://thies-times.com/serpentryan/lifelist/Snakes/YellowRatSnake02.jpg We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:54:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. Quote HistoryQuoted: I know, right? We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. It was a bizarre thing to behold. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 4:57:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm glad you posted it. Not that often that I learn something new about snakes. Quoted: I know, right? We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. It was a bizarre thing to behold. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 5:30:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm glad you posted it. Not that often that I learn something new about snakes. Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the tree was a Southern Yellow Pine. It had that blocky bark that looks like it should fall off but does not. That snake went "straight up", but kinked his body to catch on each chunk of bark as he went. Quoted: I'm glad you posted it. Not that often that I learn something new about snakes. Quoted: I know, right? We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. It was a bizarre thing to behold. That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 5:35:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the tree was a Southern Yellow Pine. It had that blocky bark that looks like it should fall off but does not. That snake went "straight up", but kinked his body to catch on each chunk of bark as he went. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quite a few species of southern yellow pine, but most have that type of bark. It's what makes them resistant to fire. Quoted: FWIW, the tree was a Southern Yellow Pine. It had that blocky bark that looks like it should fall off but does not. That snake went "straight up", but kinked his body to catch on each chunk of bark as he went. Quoted: I'm glad you posted it. Not that often that I learn something new about snakes. Quoted: I know, right? We apparently have a breeding population on my lot. A couple months back I got to watch one with that same coloration climb a pine tree. I have never before seen such a thing, but I have now. It was a bizarre thing to behold. That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong.  |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 5:41:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quite a few species of southern yellow pine, but most have that type of bark. It's what makes them resistant to fire. Quote HistoryQuoted: Not in the Okeefenokee swamp they ain't!Quoted: Quite a few species of southern yellow pine, but most have that type of bark. It's what makes them resistant to fire. Quoted: Quoted: FWIW, the tree was a Southern Yellow Pine. It had that blocky bark that looks like it should fall off but does not. That snake went "straight up", but kinked his body to catch on each chunk of bark as he went. It was a bizarre thing to behold. That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 5:46:03 PM EDT
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Got yerself an immature rat snake there.
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Posted: 9/11/2013 5:48:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not in the Okeefenokee swamp they ain't! That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong.Quote HistoryQuoted: We burn under loblolly and long leaf pine all the time. Quoted: Not in the Okeefenokee swamp they ain't!Quoted: Quite a few species of southern yellow pine, but most have that type of bark. It's what makes them resistant to fire. Quoted: Quoted: FWIW, the tree was a Southern Yellow Pine. It had that blocky bark that looks like it should fall off but does not. That snake went "straight up", but kinked his body to catch on each chunk of bark as he went. It was a bizarre thing to behold. That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 7:20:52 PM EDT
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And for the win...
NOT a garter snake NOT a water snake NOT a yellow rat snake What you have there is a RAT SNAKE, most likely an intergrade between a black and gray rat snake. And as a herpetologist, I can tell you that in general, I HATE RANGE MAPS for species, that said, here is the range map for rat snakes in GA. 
dark= gray midcolor= intergrade light= black Most yellow rats are found in coastal regions, and with species cross breeding, you get quite a soup of DNA possibilities. Finally, as others have already indicated, it's good to have around and completely harmless to humans, baring of course the wuss's who should have their man card revoked for screaming every time they catch a glimpse of a garden hose.... and you know who you are
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Posted: 9/11/2013 7:24:43 PM EDT
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Black Mamba. You're already dead, OP.
Dibs on everything. 
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Posted: 9/11/2013 7:32:48 PM EDT
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Grey Rat Snake? it is a Rat Snake of some sort I think. |
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Posted: 9/11/2013 7:37:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Congratulations! Your son is more of a man than 75% of ARFCOM. Confiscate the Man Card from one of the guys here who is clutching his skirt and squealing that all snakes should be killed, and give it to the boy.
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Posted: 9/12/2013 3:58:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We burn under loblolly and long leaf pine all the time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Not in the Okeefenokee swamp they ain't! That thing burned half the time I lived in GA.......yes I know I spelled t wrong. |
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