Help with snake identification?

Question

It was about a foot long,and it had a red head and its body was a yellowish-greenish color please help?im not so sure if it was a snake or a lizard but out of curiousity it looks more like a snake.

it had NO legs,it was in AMERICA,FLORIDA,and it was in the woods at my house......HELP PPPPPLEEASE???

Answer 1

Check at this link, I'm pretty sure it's one of these.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/fl-snakeslist.htm

Answer 2

Unless it was an escaped exotic species(and there are LOTS of those in Florida, especially Southern Florida), it sounds like an immature Salt Marsh Watersnake(Nerodia clarkii). This species varies a lot in color and markings, and they change from their coloration as babies to adult coloration. Still, I have a tendency to think that you saw a Broadhead Skink, which is a lizard. Skinks do have legs, but their legs are rather short and stumpy, and they move with a sort of snake-like motion. In thick brush and undergrowth, in low light, it can be easy not to be able to see their legs.

Answer 3

There are plenty of field guides to the snakes of Florida, you could get one of those.... or you can bookmark a page like this.....

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/snakekey.htm

I still say field guide is better because you can take it with you when you're out in the woods or anything for immediate identification.

Mainly, though, learn your local venomous snakes so that you can at least say "Well, it's not dangerous, whatever it is." There's (depending on whose book you pick up) about 60 different types of snake here in Florida. And through most of the state, only four of those to worry about... I believe in extreme northern florida there are occasionally copperheads and timber rattlers, and through the rest of the state, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, dusky pigmy rattlesnakes, water moccassins (cotton mouths), and coral snakes. Learn what these look like and you don't have to worry about the other 54.

Answer 4

I am not sure what kind of snake that is , but it sure sounds ugly. Did it have legs that made you think it might be a lizard or what. what country is it that you live in and saw this snake out of curiosity.

Answer 5

Without locality information, it's hard to say. If you're in the United States, it sounds a little bit like some kind of garter snake (Thamnophis), but it sounds a lot like a broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps), which is a type of lizard. See if any of these look familiar:

Broad-headed skink: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=eumeces%20laticeps&curGroupID=7&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1

Ground snake (Sonora semiannulata): http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/s.semiannulata.html

California red-sided garter snake (T. sirtalis infernalis): http://www.wildherps.com/species/T.sirtalis.html

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*EDIT*

Well, if you're in Florida, it won't be either of those two snakes. It might be a corn snake (Elaphe guttata) or a salt marsh snake (Nerodia clarkii).

Corn snake: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=elaphe%20guttata&curGroupID=7&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1

Salt marsh snake: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_com-Reptile&where-lifeform=Reptile&where-namesoup=Marsh+Snake&rel-namesoup=matchphrase

(The salt marsh snake is very variable. Some of them are completely red.)

Answer 6

I'm guessing the Salt marsh snake too, as it sounds a little long for a skink.

Answer 7

inspite of what species it replaced into, you somewhat did the suited ingredient in saving it. Venomous snakes are considerable and need to stay too, and in the U. S., the fatality fee by snake encounters is amazingly low. you're lots extra in all probability to be killed by skill of a canines than a snake. could you have fought to keep a canines, too? i comprehend i could have.

Answer 8

Hey are you sure it had no legs? Cause it may have been a skink.i don't think i have seen a snake the why you described this one.