Monday, May 24, 2010

I need to identify a snake we found in our home?

It was about 18" long. strong bodied. diamond head shape. Mostly black but with very dark grey boa-like markings. no rattler and smooth skin, not scaly. I never saw it's eyes. It was alive but seemed very calm and not agressive. When I picked it (with extreme care and a towel) up it had a lighter colored underbelly. I live in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Can anyone help?
Answers:
if i am correct puerto vallarta is also known for alot of water snake. i wonder if this could be your case.

in any fact the best thing when in doubt leave it alone.

1. killing a snake cause it is poisionous? i wish someone would kill you for being ignorant.

2. diamond head is poionous? when humans born some heads are coned should we kill them? retard diamond head means nothing. try contacting your local wild life recource or even the federales.
fangs or no fangs? rattle or not?
HELL,I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU KEEP IT THERE.
seems harmless
could be a garden snake, i was bitten by a milk or coral snake, they look the same and i was ok even tho i was given antibiotics but t answer your question i believe it might be a king cobra but in mexico thats rare, maybe someones pet since its calm and w/o scars, id call a vet/zoo/cop or kill it with a knife
diamond shaped head means it is poisonous. get the thing out of the house or kill it now.
garter snake, corn snake, gophersnake
is this the snake your talking about http://www.vivanatura.org/conopsis%20lin.

if so its rear fanged and only mildly venomous to humans.. just leave it alone and defialntly dont kill it thats just fuct up.

to the poster about the dimond head thing.. thats a load of crap. almost every python and boa has a dimond shaped head along with many colubrids.. please dont post about someting you know nothing about.

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