Doug,

Thanks a bunch -- I sincerely appreciate the quality input and that really clears things up re: this "mystery snake" I had heard about (lol). I assumed from Charlie's "response" that temporalis was the answer to my question and, in doing a Google search, I did find the Coastal Plains Milksnake (but still didn't know if it was "the one" since the mountains in western South Carolina are not exactly "coastal plains"!). Additionally, the information I found was about one from New Jersey so that also steered me away from the SC locale (I included the link to the page I found -- in addition to the CP Milksnake, there are a few other nice herp pictures).

Nice snake you had -- if I do get up to that area of S. Carolina again, I will most certainly poke around to see if I can find one of these beauties.

Thanks again,

Tim
New Jersey Coastal Plains Milksnake (middle of page)

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