Comments on: How to Identify North Carolina Snakes

By: Lynn Greskevitch

Lynn Greskevitch — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:39:39 +0000

I finally identified the snake living in our side paddox. The snake is a gardersnake. The snake can get in an area that can not be reached.
This is the paddox that I
keep my puppies in to play. How can I get rid of the snake? What do you do with them after they are caught? I am not going to try and catch it. My neighbors would only want to shoot it.

By: rickyspears

rickyspears — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:44:14 +0000

Tbird – You can’t post it here, but you can post it to Flickr.com or some other photo sharing service and post a link here. Of course, I don’t know much at all about snakes, I just discovered that tool and wanted to share it with others. So, I doubt there is much I can do for you.

By: Tbird

Tbird — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:00:05 +0000

We’ve seen two snakes in the back yard in the past 3 days. One was black with white bands (bull or king?) and the other was brownish with stripes (striped garter or racer?) I have a picture of the black with white banded one. Could I post it on your site or send it to you?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:06:39 +0000

i saw a black snake that puffed up like a cobra when i got near it. It also had a diamond shaped head. What breed is it?

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:04:12 +0000

Hi! My husband killed a pregnant eastern garter snake this morning right in our backyard. Unfortunately, we didn’t identify the snake until after he killed it at which time we realized it was pregnant. The plentiful offspring came squirming out and are all over the place. We feel really aweful because now we know this snake is not a poisnous copperhead but a garter snake. What should we do with all the babies?

By: rickyspears

rickyspears — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:21:41 +0000

Sam – Your photo is set to private so no one else can see it to help you.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:12 +0000

I found this juvenile (I assume) snake while hiking in the Shining Rock Wilderness yesterday evening. I have tried to ID it but have not had much luck. Anyone know what kind it is? It did strike at a stick when presented, and shook its tail as though it was a rattler, but had no rattles.

Thank you.

Flickr Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkphotography/3673973100/sizes/o/

By: George

George — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:49:34 +0000

I found this snake, already dead, located between the woods/wetlands and stream. I live in Robeson County in SE NC. Since I walk the dogs along here daily, I’m a bit concerned.

Overall Snake http://www.flickr.com/photos/26214998@N02/3475795137/

Pattern http://www.flickr.com/photos/26214998@N02/3475794841/in/photostream/

Head http://www.flickr.com/photos/26214998@N02/3476603974/

By: rickyspears

rickyspears — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:44:13 +0000

April – You can’t post pictures to this site, but you could upload them to http://www.flickr.com and post a link to them. We’ll see if we can help you identify it. Some general information about the area in which you live will be helpful as well.

By: April

April — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:54:55 +0000

I would like help identifying the baby snake tha that has been laying in my driveway for over 3 hours. I have now taken pictures. Not sure if I know how to upload to this site for you to see or not. thank you to anyone who can help.
april