>>The Hog-nosed snakes do occur in Upstate New York but only toward the very south and are quite rare. I agree that the description is pretty vague but I'd almost say it was a juvenile gartersnake. The adults usually have a yellow stripe down the back but the younger ones often lack that field mark, would be blackish in color with light markings (sort of like a checkerboard pattern), and have a light-colored body.
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I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

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• son found a snake - tac_tucks_mom, Sat Oct 4 09:35:49 2008
• RE: son found a snake - shaky, Sat Oct 4 12:57:08 2008
• RE: son found a snake - LarryF, Sat Oct 4 19:01:20 2008
• P.S. - LarryF, Sat Oct 4 19:03:35 2008
• RE: P.S. - anuraanman, Sat Oct 4 22:56:49 2008
• I agree juvie garter snake n/p - FRoberts, Sun Oct 5 15:42:12 2008
• *light colored belly* - anuraanman, Sun Oct 5 16:00:21 2008