my mother noticed a hole in her garden a few months ago. then the hole gradually got bigger to about 4 inches in diameter. this morning she found this snake next to the hole. she's not fond of snakes of any type so she asked me to take care of it. anybody know what type of snake this is? and how to remove the all the snakes and get rid of the nest. If its nonvenomeous, I'd like to relocate it if all possible

That is a short squat tail. I dunno.

Garden snake, she is about to have lots of babies

Piece of water hose, few drops of gas, sit back and wait with hoe in hand

Can you post a better pic of the head, especially the eye. It�s really fat and has a short stubby tail which is similar to a Water Moccasin.

I�ve got a bunch of those living in my yard. Don�t know what they�re called but I know they eat bugs. Probably best to leave them where they are. Help keep the insects off her veges.

not a cottonmouth.

head is wrong and tails get smaller quick and is noticable.

Rough earth snake. You guys need to look up what juvenile cotton mouths look like.

Thats what I am thinking. Hard to tell how big it is but thats what it looks like to me. They dont do anything.

It would be a roughly pulverized earth snake in my yard.

Lol yep

Rough earth snakes show to grow less than a foot in length. That one looks too big. Its hard to tell without something to use for scale.

Here�s what a juvenile cotton mouth looks like. Coloring can vary some but it looks nothing like what you have. Cotton mouths get darker the older they get. They actually start off brightly colored with a green tail.

is there a good way to draw any of them out and trap them somehow? so I can relocate them. prob in the nature trail behind their house.

doesn't have a diamond shaped head so isn't poisonous...only danger is that they might make you hurt yourself...