Type of snakes you have seen in your area???

[natestench]

The only ones I have found are Garter Snakes and Bull Snakes.

I live in south-west WA.

[reptile3]

The only ones I have found are Garter Snakes and Bull Snakes.

I live in south-west WA.

I haven't got the slighest clue, what these snakes are. But when I moved here to Georgia from Illinois 2004, these I found in my backyard...

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[Colin Vestrand]

southwest michigan... i've personally come across:

Eastern Garters (both normal and green)
Northern Ribbons
Norther Watersnakes
Blue Racers
Brown Snakes
Red Belly Snakes
Massasauga Rattlesnakes
*edit* and Eastern Hognoses.. i knew i was forgetting something.

and i think that's it! i have a ways to go i guess! one herp that is supposedly very common here that i've never ever seen is a five lined skink..?

[Colin Vestrand]

A very small brown/tan snake, seemed to be a burrowing species?

Northern Brown Snake?

[LadyOhh]

Rattlesnakes...

[West Coast Jungle]

Rattlers and garters

[PJ FF]

The two main areas I go field herping at is either 8 minutes away and the other is 1 1/2 away. I usually alternate between the two spots and dont visit the one 8 minutes away any more than I do the one farther away.
At my closer spot I see some king snakes (rarely) but average 3 WDB's a night. More when the hatchlings are out.
My second location which is the further of the two I see mostly mojave rattlesnakes and some sidewinders. There is one other very secret place that I go to for sidewinders.

[herpmajor]

In Illinois we have tons of herps! Here are a few.
Mud Snakes
Eastern and Western Hognose Snakes
Black Rat Snakes
Gray Rat Snakes
Black Kingsnake
Speckled Kingsnake
Red Milk Snake
Eastern Milk Snake
Cotton Mouth
Copper Head
Timber Rattle Snake
Garter Snake
Ribbon Snake
Brown Snake
Red Belly Snake
Ring Neck Snake
Rough and Smooth Green Snakes
Blue Racers
Black Racers
Worm Snakes
Plains King Snake
Copperbelly Water Snake
DiamondBack Water Snake
Midland Water snake
Earth Snake

[herpmajor]

By the way those I listed are just the ones I have found.

[sneakerpro]

southwest michigan... i've personally come across:

Eastern Garters (both normal and green)
Northern Ribbons
Norther Watersnakes
Blue Racers
Brown Snakes
Red Belly Snakes
Massasauga Rattlesnakes
*edit* and Eastern Hognoses.. i knew i was forgetting something.

and i think that's it! i have a ways to go i guess! one herp that is supposedly very common here that i've never ever seen is a five lined skink..?

I'm also from southern Michigan, do you have any tips for a beginning "enthusiast"? All I've ever personally seen is several garters and a water snake.