This Eastern Garter Snake was just lying in the driveway.
I left that Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis there.
Next time I walked by, she had moved on.
Supposed to freeze tonight and tomorrow night. Probably won’t see many snakes the next couple of days.
-jsq
Trimming a sweetgum tree that was shading the solar panels, I saw this snakeskin among the panel supports on the farm workshop roof.
Not sure what kind of snake. Probably a rat snake.
-jsq
This is three pictures of the same snake, about 2.5 feet long.
Looks like a Black Racer to me, Coluber constrictor.
What do the experts say?
Continue readingThis timber rattlesnake was crossing our front driveway. Four dogs walked past and didn’t notice.
![[Tail and Head, canebrake timber rattlesnake 2024-08-17]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-08-17--canebrake/many.jpg)
Tail and Head, canebrake timber rattlesnake 2024-08-17
In their defense, this snake was only maybe a foot and a half long. Still, a nice canebrake, Crotalus horridus.
Eat mice and get bigger, snake. Continue reading
What kind of snake is this?
Answer: grey rat snake, aka oak snake.
Seen 9:30 AM, March 3, 2024, Lowndes County, Georgia.
It appeared to be deceased of natural causes. Continue reading
Why are you lying in the driveway, snake?
Don’t you know there are dogs here?
Didn’t matter: the dogs never noticed.
-jsq
The dogs alerted me to this.
Fortunately, they kept their distance.
How many rattles do you count?
-jsq
The least menacing snake you will see today.
At the entrance to the Cypress Swamp. Brown Dog and Yellow Dog didn’t even notice.
-jsq
Update 2019-05-20: A more likely identification.
Definitely not a rattlesnake. Whatever it is, it chose poorly by showing up right in front of the dogs’ doghouse.
Don’t know which dog dislikes them most, maybe Yellow Dog. Continue reading
Mocassin
For the rest of the story, see Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29.
-jsq
![[Garter snake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-12-13--garter-snake/20251213_135827.jpg)
![[Snakeskin on roof]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-07-29--snakeskin-roof/20250729_091712.jpg)
![[Right side]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-09-05--snake/big/20240905_172831.jpg)
![[Head]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-09-05--snake/big/20240905_172840.jpg)
![[Head and body of snake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-03-03--snake-little-house/many.jpg)
![[Nice snake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-08-08--snake-driveway/20230808_124057.jpg)
![[Snake in the leaves]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-10-12--canebrake-rattlesnake/big/20211012_163732.jpg)
![[Not moving very fast]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-05-08--serpent/20200508_082734.jpg)