I See Snake

[sniffer]

Saw this guy sunning himself, trying to get warm.
I don't think he liked me disturbing him
it's just a garter snake, but it was easily the biggest one I've seen
it looked to be about 6 ft

 

[DD-777]

I've never seen a Garter snake with markings like that! Great shot...

 

[sniffer]

most of the ones I've seen have green and yellow markings, this one is a southern species with red taking the place of yellow

 

[DanL]

It's a little hard to tell from the picture, but I think it's actually a Prairie King Snake. The darker variety looks a lot like your picture.

 

[bigfish31]

Your hands smell bad after you handle them!

 

[Ray S S]

I don't think I have ever seen a garter snake raise up that high either but i could be wrong. Those are some good pics
of him though.

Ray

 

[NGE]

Yeah they do, just before they bite!.....NGE

 

[narragansett]

That is a big Garter, if that is what it is.

 

[sniffer]

I did a little more research. this is actually a Western Rat snake like this one.

 

[Red_desert]

It makes sense (name of the snake), Rats are big...it is a big snake...a meal for a large kind of snake.

 

[DanL]

I did a little more research. this is actually a Western Rat snake like this one.

That's it!

 

[Mental Granny]

Hey sniffer I think the second idea is right its a Rat snake, I think! Garters here I've seen are a little greyer.

 

[sniffer]

look up garter snake on google, I quit counting, too many different colors
the Rat snake can grow to about 6 ft, so I guess I found one on the upper end

 

[ink-a-alot]

look up garter snake on google, I quit counting, too many different colors
the Rat snake can grow to about 6 ft, so I guess I found one on the upper end

Fish snake...

 

[lumbercamp]

I've never heard of a fish snake. Some snakes do eat fish.

 

[seger98]

It's a rat snake!

 

[NGE]

Fish snakes live in and around water and eat fish for food......NGE

 

[Idig4beer]

Hello Snifer.Since you live in Kansas,I think this is your Snake. Idig

 

[Mental Granny]

When he sees this I think he will be suprised by the comments maybe while hes at the Flordia hunt he'll take a pic of a snake there!

 

[lumbercamp]

I googled fish snake and nothing came up. Might be a local name that some people call any snake that they see eating fish.