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what kind of michigan snake is this ? i thought it was a fox snake but i really dont know snakes thanks

I don't know if it's like this for anybody else but on my computer your picture is showing up as nothing but a bunch of distorted dots.

That's a Digiphotus multipixalatis or northern LEGO snake...

(Something has gone dreadfully wrong in your photo editing. Try the picture again.)

Excellent ID, Larry. Subspecies: isnake ?!? (lol--couldn't resist). Hope that the photo is posted soon.

rgds,
althea

>>That's a Digiphotus multipixalatis or northern LEGO snake...

Sorry, but I must disagree. The brightly colored Northern LEGO snake (Digiphotus multipixalatis) is strictly non-aquatic, and in fact is found most often nocturnally, strewn about domestic household floors. There they employ their unique defensive strategy of deliberately getting underfoot, inflicting briefly painful but non-venomous injuries. They freeze motionless when suddenly exposed to light, pretending to be inanimate plastic building blocks.

Clearly, this is a Cube Snake (Antimpressionistodon angularis picassoini). The unicolored rectangular body segments are diagnostic. These tend to resemble the LEGO snake. but the colors are more muted. The dead giveaway is the general appearance, which is meant to confuse potential predators by only suggesting that it may be a snake. Since most snake predators lack the mental capactity for abstract thought, they soon tire of trying to figure out excatiy what they are looking at, and move on to prey requiring less refined sensibilities.

Cube Snakes first appeared in Central France, during the Abstractocene, where they thrived for about two decades. However, they failed to prosper, being unable too angular for the subsequent Streamlineozoic Period. This particular Cube Snake was found in an aqueous environment, as implied by the bright blue color and abstract wave forms. However the liquids they most often occured in were purple and smelled of fermented grapes.

Today Cube Snakes are rare and expensive; Seldom found other than preserved in museum collections, they continue to puzzle herpetologists, who wonder at their apparently pointless existence.

Nohj D
Professor of Applied Abstract Hepetology
Psycotic State
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Looks to me like a Brown Snake. Storeria dekayi

I agree, but I had to go to your photobucket site to see the thumbnail before I could tell.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

thanks for the info its for sure a brown snake,sorry about the picture i dont know what happened. for those that couldnt see it,go to my photobucket pictures.
thanks again brad