rat snake........let it go.

Rat snake. Good Snake! Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Rattlesnake. BAD SNAKE!

Always let a non-poisonous snake go free...
Unless you like dirty filthy vermin. (rats,mice)

I see those around my pool pumps from time to time, and I don't mind them because I know they keep the rodent population down. But I'm afraid my wife will see one and either have a heart attack, or take a shovel to the snake and accidently take out one of the pump's PVC pipes. Either way, bad.

I was at a pond last night and I looked down and there was a snake swimming right in front of me.. it looked alot like this one.. but can these rat snakes swim?? Or was it something else??

all snakes can swim not unless they are full of holes..

I thought copperhead too but it's too long.

Looks like a corn snake.

Not a copperhead. To verify, grab it by the head and use long needle nose pliers to open its mouth to check for fangs. But, it's not venomous I am sure.

I am going with corn snake, like bowfin said. Play with it all you like, but release it afterwards. Good day.

Cute lil guy!

baby PYTHON. fry em up

copperheaded rattle moccasin...

release it in front of a shot gun as you pull the trigger. that way you can be sure after a few shots tha its safe.

only good one is a dead one

Thanks for being a rational person Ryno... lol. Most of these other guys are making me feel ignorant by association...

It looks like a baby Burmese python to me.