Whats this snake ??

[hdcb]

Found this snake sunbathing on the beach and I've searched for hours trying to identify this thing but I just can't find anything. I live in Vancouver, BC and 'apparently' there are only around 8 or so snakes that live in BC and none of them are even close to looking like this baby, it was a beautiful snake. Do any of you know what it is ? It looked black + grey but if you looked closer, or shot a picture of it, it was actually kind of blue-ish. (The pictures make it look even more blue because it reflected my flash. So any pictures you might find elsewhere may not be as blue, but maybe a grey.)

 

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[rferris75]

Blue Racer, Non Poisonous. they have one heck of an attitude tho.

 

[K-Man]

i was gonna say maybe some type of water snake but yea

 

[al-nm]

that there is one of them Peeyourpants when ya step on me snakes. I hate any snake venomous or not.

 

[hdcb]

Nah, this was one of those 'someone get me my f***ing camera' snakes, just because it was so awesome

 

[warsawdaddy]

Certainly looks like a 'racer',but I thought they were strickly a midwestern item.Found lots of them when I was a kid here in MO,but haven't seen a 'racer' in yrs now.Guess they have moved to ocean-front property.

 

[bootybay]

oh yuck.... double yuck.. I do not like snakes of any kind..

 

[Kiros32]

Cool little guy and excellent photos. What kind of camera do you have?

 

[rferris75]

Blue racers even Live in Canada. There are 3 different types of them but as babies there color is more vibrant and will fade as they shed a few times.

 

[hdcb]

Blue racers even Live in Canada. There are 3 different types of them but as babies there color is more vibrant and will fade as they shed a few times.

This seems like a good explanation actually, beacause it was only 2 feet long and pretty feisty ... But am pretty sure racers dont live west of alberta ... You never know though

 

[Prober]

I think he's right purty!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

How did you get him to sit still for the picture?

 

[hdcb]

How did you get him to sit still for the picture?

He was pretty calm, I just moved slowly and stuff. I guess it depends on the snake though because I know some species, like garters snakes for example, just dart as soon as they see you.

 

[texan connection]

I would of never got that close

 

[creekhunter]

He's a cool racer, I used to see plenty of those when we lived in Northern Indiana, but I didn't know they ventured much farther North