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Identify this Snake: It's in PA

Posted By: Canvasback2

Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 05:57 AM

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Posted By: matt

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 05:58 AM

Looks like a black snake
Posted By: Mocular

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 06:35 AM

Black rat snake.
Posted By: warrior

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 08:24 AM

Eastern Rat Snake aka Pantherophis allegehensis
Posted By: Turtledale

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 08:43 AM

Yep what we call Black Rat Snake
Posted By: Tom cat

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 09:12 AM

Northern black rat snake...... we call um black snakes here.
Posted By: Donnie H

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 09:19 AM

Old time black snake
Posted By: Nittany Lion

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 09:57 AM

Around here we call it a Black snake, will we have to change the name?
Posted By: The hammer

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 10:25 AM

Black rat snake. Find them buggers laying out on the back roads everywhere around here. Some pretty big ones to. I always stop and take them off the road so they do end up being ran over.
Posted By: white marlin

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 11:53 AM

snake of color?
Posted By: elkaholic

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 12:23 PM

It's a black rat snake as stated. It's a big snake, but not as big as the pic makes it seem. It's about 5 feet long. It's a zoomed in cell phone pic. Some people had the thing being 15 feet long and as thick as a mans leg.

It was seen in Frick Park in Pittsburgh and the city actually put out a warning about it. The people from the zoo were laughing when they were asked to identify it.
Posted By: the Blak Spot

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by white marlin
snake of color?

Rofl!
Posted By: Lugnut

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 12:32 PM

It's black rat snake, commonly called a black snake, at least around here.

I do general contracting work at a large, remote resort in the Poconos. It is loaded with black snakes there. The in-house crew used to warn me about them. While they are not overly aggressive they will bite if they feel threatened. They are great climbers and can turn up in the most unexpected places. They get pretty big too.
Posted By: Leftlane

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 01:41 PM

Black snakes are good snakes to have around you privileged white eyes. whistle
Posted By: DuxDawg

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 02:41 PM

Good eating size.
Posted By: martyd

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 03:00 PM

Would they put a big wound on you if they bit you on arm or leg ? Any one on here ever been bitten by a black rat snake ?What was it like? MD
Posted By: The hammer

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by martyd
Would they put a big wound on you if they bit you on arm or leg ? Any one on here ever been bitten by a black rat snake ?What was it like? MD

Barely feel it. They don’t make big wounds or take chunks. Been bitten by a few of the bigger ones just bleeds a lot at first then all is fine. I’ve had worse bee stings.
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by martyd
Would they put a big wound on you if they bit you on arm or leg ? Any one on here ever been bitten by a black rat snake ?What was it like? MD


They have lots os short needle like teeth to hold their prey with. Some will picture the skin leaving a V shaped line of little punctures . The teeth are angled back, so don't pull as it will hurt you and the snake. wait for it to let go with it will do is a matter of seconds. Disinfect the spot where you got tagged, and get on with your day.
Posted By: Wanna Be

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 03:57 PM

Mine felt like bee stings and turned a little red afterwards, but doesn’t last like a bee sting if that makes sense. Been bit by King snakes and Rat snakes. It helps to let them strike at your palm or boot a few times first before picking them up. Don’t know if they just get tired or maybe hitting a hard surface doesn’t feel good, but they don’t strike as often afterwards. Most seem to “bite” more than strike.
Posted By: Turtledale

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 04:03 PM

Use to get 8 bucks a foot for them if they were over 5 foot long. That was in the 80's. Got bit in the cheek by a good size one when I was just a pup. Mom spit on a hanky and wiped it off and sent me on my way.
Posted By: Lugnut

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 04:42 PM

A guy was messing with a small one (two-footer maybe) we rescued from a window well He was holding it in front of his face talking baby talk to it. It struck him on the nose. It must have stung a little because the guy was tearing up a bit. It was pretty funny.
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 04:46 PM

laugh
Posted By: jk

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 06:13 PM

They out already? I am at 2000 feet and buds are just starting to swell. I dont expect top see snakes yet......jk
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 06:24 PM

They are out and about here in East TN .... The admiral saw one going up a tree yesterday... we are at 1400'
Posted By: elkaholic

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 06:44 PM

I saw a small garter snake here in elk county the other day. No buzz worms yet though.

I've been bit by black rats a few times. Like was said above if you don't try to yank one that has attached itself to you, you should be good. I usually clean the bite mark pretty good just incase.

The ones that get me creeped out are those ones that thing they're bigger than they are and think they can swallow you. That kind of chewing motion they make is really odd feeling.
Posted By: shanemoss

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by The hammer
Originally Posted by martyd
Would they put a big wound on you if they bit you on arm or leg ? Any one on here ever been bitten by a black rat snake ?What was it like? MD

Barely feel it. They don’t make big wounds or take chunks. Been bitten by a few of the bigger ones just bleeds a lot at first then all is fine. I’ve had worse bee stings.


This. No worse than briar scratches. We call them chicken snakes in Alabama, but Grey rat snakes is what the pet stores call then. I've caught or removed hundreds and probably the only non venomous in the south that ain't bit me. I don't know about all but lots non venomous snakes have an anti coagulate so you bleed like a stuck pig instead of the usual beads of blood from Brian's. I had a big one in my small shop that came back every year for coons ages and had a small bb size yellow dot on its side right behind its head. My wife called it Matilda.
Posted By: Scout1

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 09:23 PM

A dang big one. Aren't they considered a constrictor in a sense??
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/10/21 09:25 PM

BSM
Posted By: white marlin

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Scuba1
Originally Posted by martyd
Would they put a big wound on you if they bit you on arm or leg ? Any one on here ever been bitten by a black rat snake ?What was it like? MD


They have lots os short needle like teeth to hold their prey with. Some will picture the skin leaving a V shaped line of little punctures . The teeth are angled back, so don't pull as it will hurt you and the snake. wait for it to let go with it will do is a matter of seconds. Disinfect the spot where you got tagged, and get on with your day.



EXACTLY!

in a ninth grade biology class, I was bitten by a black snake. Teacher had told us beforehand, NOT to pull away if it bit. It did, I didn't.

snake and student were fine.
Posted By: martyd

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 02:51 AM

Ok. Very good info. MD
Posted By: Boco

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 03:17 AM

Stick its tail in its mouth.Then you got a hoop snake.Watch it eat itself.
Posted By: warrior

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 03:22 AM

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Posted By: beachcomber13

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 10:49 AM

We call them Black Racers around here.
Posted By: west river rogue

Re: Identify this Snake: It's in PA - 04/11/21 04:48 PM

When I was a kid in Virginia a logger friend was holding about a 4 ft black snake and let it wind around his arm. My brother asked him will it bite? The other friend said well do u see him biting me.? So my brother reluctantly reached out for it,and u could see he was afraid of it. He had the snake hanging down and we watched it as it started going up toward his arm slowly. We thought no big deal and then it bit him on the hand...I laughed so hard. The logger friend said it must have sensed he was afraid of it.
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