Found a snake, need ID help

My little bro found a snake by his house at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.

Any clue what it is? I have no idea LOL

Thanks for any help!

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3...2553860156.jpg

I'm going to guess a young Eastern Rat Snake. (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) Here's a link that shows the snakes in Pennsylvania: http://www.paherps.com/herps/snakes

Id say a water snake or garter snake. Those scales look very tight like one that spends a lot of time in the water.

Northern Brown Snake. The twin spots down his back are faint but present. You can confirm via scale count. Pretty typical Storeria species. We have about 3 species of Storeria in Texas that I have in the yard frequently.

x2 I catch them all the time here in CT..

And x3! We have them here in MI too. When we had our horses on our property, I would find a lot of them in my hay shed. Whenever I'd go out to feed the horses and moved a new bale, there one would be! I never minded - would MUCH rather snakes in the hay than mice!! :P

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Originally Posted by Marc from CT

x2 I catch them all the time here in CT..

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Who are you X2'ing...there were 3 different snakes mentioned LOL

I assume you were agreeing with the post right above you though, thanks

I agree that it's an adult brown snake. Nice find :gj:

Agreed, eastern brown snake, my 4y/o catches them all summer long.:)

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Originally Posted by reptileexperts

Northern Brown Snake. The twin spots down his back are faint but present. You can confirm via scale count. Pretty typical Storeria species. We have about 3 species of Storeria in Texas that I have in the yard frequently.

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i have always called them dekay snakes as a kid.