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My brother recently found a small gray snake with blackish blotches in his garage in northern VA. He looks to be about 15" long but I have not gotten a good look at him stretched out. He is a bit thicker that a pencil and appears fairly active. A pic of him in a coffee tin can be found at:

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/3f77242d_f493/bc/Yahoo! Photo Album/smallsnake.jpg?pfeVyd_ANa7.ke5S

Help identifying the little guy would be appreciated. The head doesnt look overly triangular so I dont think he is poisonous, but since juveniles are tough to spot I thought I'd ask for help. His eyes are pretty small too so I couldnt tell if the pupils were round or elliptical.

Not sure if the link worked right in my original post. Here it is again (and hope it works right this time)

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/3f77242d_f493/bc/Yahoo! Photo Album/smallsnake.jpg?pfeVyd_ANa7.ke5S

ARGH... Its till not showing up. It on my yahoo profile though if you can take time to look and help... Sorry!

http://profiles.yahoo.com/m_r_riley
Link

I'm just starting to get brave enough to try and publicly identify some snakes, so don't think of me as an expert. It looks like an Eastern Milksnake to me, although not as red as I would expect.

If you look on the forum lists...under SNAKES is a forum called "What Kind." The experts check there frequently and can give you a pretty solid answer, I'm sure.

It's a cutie, that's for sure.
Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

If I had to guess from your pic, I would say it appears to be a juvenile Black Rat. I could be wrong.

>>My brother recently found a small gray snake with blackish blotches in his garage in northern VA. He looks to be about 15" long but I have not gotten a good look at him stretched out. He is a bit thicker that a pencil and appears fairly active. A pic of him in a coffee tin can be found at:
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