Snake ID ?

My sister sent me this photo.
Can anyone ID it?

With the shape of the head it looks venomous to me.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/08/pade9era.jpg
Found in Louisville KY

Maybe its just a Rat and a weird angle..?

Looks like it could be a pygmy rattle snake only it doesnt have a rattle as far as I can tell. It looks pretty small so maybe the rattle hasnt developed yet??? The baby rattlers I have seen up here dont have rattles at first... Im not expert though. :P But the pattern looks just like a rat snake... ??

It looks like a Rat snake to me too.
It definitely looks like a colubrid though...

Yeah maybe the head just looks strange in the pic. That's what was throwing me off.

Thanks everyone.

It's a rat snake for sure!

It's a rat snake. If anyones pissed off a rat snake, or for future reference they flatten their heads as a defense mechanism to impersonate a rattler. They also vibrate their tails.


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