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Hello there, I never thought I would be writing about a snake but we had one visit us last night. Pup found it on our patio (it was dark - we had on just one light to let puppy out for one last run - mini dachshund - perhaps "snack" size??). We live in Alabama and it has been really hot here lately. That is about all I can tell you about this snake.About 4 ft. long, brown and black markings, nothing "patterned". We did have a neighbor find a 6 ft. rattlesnake a couple of weeks ago. This one we had did not have rattles. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Tinalc

P.S. I have a picture but do not know how to upload it here. Can anyone help?

Identifying anything based on just a description is tricky (and often dangerous.) Knowing what part of Alabama you live in would help, too. (I live in Alabama too, and there can be a lot of geographic variation.)

I'm going to GUESS Rat Snake. But that's a GUESS, not an ID! Without a picture, there won't be a positive ID.

To post a pic, it needs to be uploaded to the internet. You can do that a lot of ways, but the easiest is probably to upload it to this very site; check out the link for more details.
Photo posting

In the absence of a photo, we can't help much. You could look at the site I linked below.
Snakes of Alabama

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas