Comments on: Snake Identification

By: jcbiggar1

jcbiggar1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:01:00 +0000

Laura, There are 19 non-venomous snakes, and 3 venomous in Pennsylvania. The ones that kinda fit your description… Green/Brown w/Black Marking…. are listed below. Of course since I don’t have any pictures I can’t be sure of what snake it was, or if any of the snakes I have listed below are them. The First three snakes listed, are normally a plain light green color or greenish brown color, but occasionally have dark colored markings on them. The last snake listed is normally has a greyish color w/ black markings, but some times will have a greenish brown tent to it.

Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) - Non-Venomous
Eastern Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae) - Non-Venomous
Northern Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus) - Non-Venomous

Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) - Venomous

By: jcbiggar1

jcbiggar1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:10:30 +0000

Jen, I can’t be sure of the snake you described because I do not have a picture of it, but the snake you described sounds like a Banded Water Snake. These snakes are non-venomous, and of course, found near water. Again, this may not be the snake it was. Wish I could of helped more. Thanks for your time!

By: jcbiggar1

jcbiggar1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:59:17 +0000

Here is an image attachment of a Yellow Belly
Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster). Could this be what she saw?

http://sensationalserpents.com/?attachment_id=735 †

By: jeff holland

jeff holland — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:13:20 +0000

A snake came through my yard. my wife saw it I didnt. she said is was about 3 feet black with bright yellow belly almost flourent in color. Any idea what it was?

By: Laura Scudde

Laura Scudde — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:02:05 +0000

I was moving a pile of bricks and discovered a small (8″long) black snake with a single narrow orange ring around its “neck.”

By: jen

jen — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:41:44 +0000

I found a red snake with black stripes around it in our lake. What does this sound like and should we be concerned.

By: Keith Weathers

Keith Weathers — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:06:16 +0000

Hey man this site is awesome. Let me know if you ever want to go exploring for snakes sometime. Looking for snakes is so facinating and it is fun learning about them.

By: Marc Hyman

Marc Hyman — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:11:37 +0000

Josh, just found your site for the first time and checked it out. Pretty Cool!! Great Job! Keep up the good work. I hope that you and your family will have a Blessed Christmas.

By: JCBiggar

JCBiggar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:27:34 +0000

Hello Mike,

The creature you described does not sound like a snake. It does sound like an arrow headed flat worm. They vary in size and color, however the one distinguishing feature is the hammer head shaped head. Let me know if this looks like what you saw.
Hope this helped.

By: Mike Abercrombie

Mike Abercrombie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:11:19 +0000

I found what is either a worm or snake that I can’t identify.
About eight inches long.
Diameter about 1/2 a pencil
Two black stripes running the length of the body
Head, from what I could tell is shaded like a hammerhead shark.
I would be extremely grateful for any assistance
Thanks,
Mike