Posted: 11/2/2012 6:43:32 AM EDT
Can anyone ID this snake. I came across it in southeast Texas near Lake Houston. It was less than 8" long and thinner around than my pinky. At first I thought it was a grass snake so I nudged it with my foot to move it off the side walk and it was very aggressive and tried to bite my shoe. I moved it into some brush with a stick and it was biting the stick multiple times as I moved it. Sorry for the crappy pic but its the best I could do with my cell phone.
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Looks like a common (harmless) brown snake. http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/stodek.htm My son actually found a juvenile "Eastern king snake" with yellow banding in my yard last weekend. First time Ive seen one here and it was really cool. One of these:  |