Identification Help: snake in KY

Hi all,

A friend of mine was surprised by this guy - she was mowing her lawn and narrowly missed this snake:

http://i41.tinypic.com/w0o0ol.jpg

She said it was "pretty big", and it wasn't really afraid of her - didn't try to get away, just sat there and watched her... then moseyed on off after awhile.

She lives in Kentucky.

Any ideas on what kind of snake this is?

Looks like a southern black racer to me. Do you have any clearer pictures?

Looks like a rat snake, too.

Prairie king snake.

Ohh prairie king good poss.

Nope, unfortunately no clearer photos. That's all she sent me. :(

We were thinking black racer... but the head shape has me doubting it. That, and I've never seen a black racer (or a prairie king) that's silvery brown, with only faint stripes running along the body.

It's a conundrum, it is!

It's definitely a possibility.

its hard to tell from the small photos but it looks alot like this
http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/snake_...8&option=solid

oh yea you might wanna give your friend this link so they can identify snakes
http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/

prairie kingsnake

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Originally Posted by nixer

its hard to tell from the small photos but it looks alot like this
http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/snake_...8&option=solid

oh yea you might wanna give your friend this link so they can identify snakes
http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/

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Earth snakes don't get that big. To me it just looks like a black rat snake but then again I don't live in ky nor have I ever been there so I have no idea