Does anyone know what kind of snake this is?

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Ok, I'm sitting in my room at the back of the house. Hear my nephew walk by to go on the back porch to smoke a cig. Hear him sit down, it's quiet for a second, then I hear cussin and all sorts of shufflin and bangin. I go to check. He's standing inside the back door, britches a little browner . He says there's a snake out there. Sure nuff this snake had come through a hole in the screen. My nephew said he's sat down and flicked his lighter and caught a glent of a eye staring at him. lmao I grabed my pellet gun shot at it once and caught the side of the snakes head and it slithered behind the table I pulled the table out and shot again trying my best to hold a flash light with one hand and aim cause I was shakin pretty good myself by this time. (barrell was only a inch from the buggars head but it was coiled and in strike position and I was shakin myself by this time.) poped another in it's head. Got it good, but loaded and poped it again to be sure before I went about removing it from the porch.

Anyway, I don't know if it was venomous or not nor did I or will I ever care as a snake invading my space is gonna be dead as long as I see it before it bites me. Anyone know what kind it is? I have no clue.

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I think I figured it out.
http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_nc...s/Ela_obs.html

[kennethdaysale]

My best guess....Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake) **note the bands vs stripes** of the Rat snake

[Bender]

A good one!

I hate snakes.

[MississippiBoy]

It's gotta be a cobra, because I don't see any rattles on its tail....

[lilmule]

Appears to be juvenile rat snake,pit vipers has a vertical slit for an eye pupil,harmless-semi harmless have round.
One of the oddities that resembles a cobra is the hog nosed snake and yes it does have rear fangs,seldom bites and is relatively harmless as venom is not potent.Mentioned that is even movies seldom use real cobras even with sewn shut mouths.
Lacking a decent firearm I recently purchased one a hi point 45 acp bought shot shell ammo as well as hp.
Grandads 16 ga im retiring.

[3dkicker]

Dang I could have used him at my house!!! Too bad you killed it. Rat snakes help to keep the pest population in check. Not good for the birds though. I've got moles chewing up the ground all around my house. Found one digging away yesterday. Used the shovel to scoop it up and move it out of my yard. Fat little sucker too. Been eating well.

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Originally Posted by Bender

A good one!

I hate snakes.

Me too. Exactly why he's in the condition he's in. Rats and other varmin? I got rat shot too.