I once did a phone ID for a friend, and --based mostly on the fact that the snake had fallen from the rafters-- I told him that it was most likely a Gray Rat Snake (which are abundant in that area.)

He took some pictures of the snake, then scooped it into a bucket and released it in some nearby woods. When the pictures were developed, he sent them to me... and it was a Copperhead!

That taught em two things: generalities are not absolutes, and trying to ID a snake over the phone can be difficult at best.

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• ID from descripion - Barker, Fri Jul 18 00:50:33 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - Barker, Fri Jul 18 00:51:20 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - NWFLHerper, Fri Jul 18 01:12:07 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - Greg Longhurst, Fri Jul 18 04:42:30 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - MikeinOKC, Fri Jul 18 07:31:40 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - Trolligans, Fri Jul 18 08:28:38 2008
• I concur! - DMong, Fri Jul 18 09:44:23 2008
• RE: I concur! - Barker, Fri Jul 18 11:14:25 2008
• RE: I concur! - DMong, Fri Jul 18 12:17:45 2008
• RE: I concur! - anuraanman, Fri Jul 18 16:37:06 2008
• RE: I concur! - Barker, Sat Jul 19 00:07:25 2008
• RE: I concur! - trolligans, Sat Jul 19 09:55:54 2008
• RE: I concur! - Barker, Sat Jul 19 20:16:07 2008
• RE: I concur! - DMong, Sat Jul 19 20:33:58 2008
• RE: I concur! - Barker, Sat Jul 19 21:26:05 2008
• RE: I concur! - DMong, Sat Jul 19 22:13:15 2008
• RE: I concur! - Barker, Sat Jul 19 22:44:37 2008
• I left you an email !.....n/p - DMong, Sat Jul 19 23:04:55 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - LarryF, Fri Jul 18 22:01:43 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - lakebum1716, Sat Jul 19 10:18:30 2008
• RE: ID from descripion - batrachos, Tue Jul 22 14:22:33 2008