About a month ago, we found a foot-long brownish colored snake under the sycamore tree in our yard in Northern NJ. We came across a baby brown snake yesterday in the same location.
We origingally thought it was a northern brown snake, but all pics on the net show a different pattern. 'Our' snakes have a diamond shape pattern whereas the northern brown has two rows of dark dots along its back.
I'm totally freaked out - has anyone had a similar experience?
2007-09-21 08:20:30 · 10 answers · asked by schluyer33 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I don't like snakes in my yard either!
I had one on the porch a week or so ago. It's starting to cool off and they are looking for winter lodging.
You can go to your local hardware or feed store and buy some granulated sulphur and sprinkle it around the perimeter of your yard or porch. It's used by farmers to keep snakes away from chicken houses.
~J~ (in the country)
2007-09-21 08:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by Earthfinds.com 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
check this site out.... follow the links for Midland Brown snake and Northern in the text paragraphs.... there are variations in the patterning.....
http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/dekay.htm
check the pics on the top right corner's links, too... see if your snake is like any of them.. especially the juvenile....
I see on another site where it says..."In Ohio, the Northern Brown Snake interbreeds with the Midland Brown Snake producing an intergrade that often has the combined characteristics of both parents.".... but how an Ohio snake would get to your area, I'm not sure!!!... *smile*... best bet overall is to get a picture or draw a good representation of the patterning and ask someone at the Museum or a college or the Extension office in your area.....if the snakes are indeed harmless, you'll be better off to allow them than to kill them or make them leave.... if you can stand having them around, that is.....
2007-09-22 01:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Maryland and what you are describing is a Corn Snake or Hog Nosed Snake..Both are non-poisonous and harmless and they eat tons of insects and mice. The part that upsets most people is the black on brown patterns on their skin.It looks very similar to a poisonous Copperhead, but the odds are incredibly high that it's one of the two harmless snakes I described. They are more afraid of you than you are afraid of them (hopefully) I have 4.5 acres in the country in north central Maryland and see these type snakes often in late summer and early spring.Relax....Nothing to be concerned about. If you are still afraid have someone kill it with a shovel
2007-09-21 08:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by JD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In North America the best way to identify a poisonous snake is to look at the head. Except for the coral snake (it has red and black bands separated by a yellow band) , all other poisonous snakes in North America are pit vipers. That means they have a pit just in front of, or between their eyes.
Another way is to look at the shape of the head. Again, except for the coral snake, they will all have a triangular shaped head rather than an oval or round head.
2007-09-21 09:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should only be worried about snakes on a plane.
Snakes in your area of the United States are more than likely harmless. They are good creatures as they keep the rodent population way down.
2007-09-21 08:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
concerned snakes yard
2016-02-02 04:40:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes = mice. So, you need a female cat to catch the mice.
Take away the snakes food source and they move on.
You could also get a terrier (we have a Jack Russell). They will rip snakes apart.
2007-09-21 08:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, learn about them and fear not. NJ doesn't have a large poisonous population. They usually live in remote areas.
Poisonous snakes have a Distinct Diamond (triangle head) and verticle pupils. Non poisonous look like your finger extended, round pupils.
Here are some knowledge links:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu7r2IPRGqCIBSTxXNyoA?p=nj+dept+of+natural+resources+reptile&fr=ush-ans
2007-09-21 08:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a link to all the snakes in NJ--with pictures and descriptions.
2007-09-21 08:34:55 · answer #9 · answered by astralpen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if i saw a snake in my backyard i'd freak out too :x
take some pics of it and send it to a animal shelter site or reptile site and see what they say if you dont end u finding out what it is
2007-09-21 08:30:25 · answer #10 · answered by The_Last_Starfighter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋