Oh my gosh this is a wild snake isn't it....

I got a call that there was a snake up at the library in town. I was out riding my motorcycle and just stopped by thinking it was going to be a bull snake or some other obviously native Iowan snake. Well, I find what I thought was a corn snake, which should not be loose in Iowa. I bring him back home and look up pictures of native snakes and find the fox snake is pretty darn similar. If he's a wild snake I'm going to freak out a little, I don't just go picking up wild snakes, and he was very calm and in perfect condition!

I really hope he's a corn snake so I don't feel like an idiot for picking up a protected species :slamhead:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t.../other/088.jpg
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Pretty sure thats not a corn... I'm prob wrong though...lol

Can you take better pic of the face in better lighting? That would be a dead give away if you could! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

Can you take better pic of the face in better lighting? That would be a dead give away if you could! Thanks!

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I'll work on it. The head was what threw me off. It's more or less solid colored, his eyes are yellow, not sure that means anything. Gosh dang it, figures he's a wild snake. At least he won't get murdered by people that are freaked out. I'll take him far out of town tomorrow morning and let him loose.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ther/003-3.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ther/001-5.jpg

Definitely not a corn...I think you're right with fox snake.

Either way, he's a looker.

And off topic: What bike were you riding?

http://img.tapatalk.com/a6b65035-3760-fda8.jpg

Not sure if the picture will post, but this is her. 250 ninja

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Def not a corn. i found this picture on google does it look like this one?

http://www.tallgrassontario.org/_der...rnFoxSnake.gif

Good stuff. I've never ridden a sports bike, but I've been riding the heck out of my 750 shadow lately. I don't think I've been in my car for over two weeks now.

I take it you all won't be at the St. Louis show this weekend? (hey it's not THAT far)