I don't see how this turned into the big to do it did. Great we got the correct name of the snake out there. But get off the OP's back. The guy likes snakes so he picked it up and put it somewhere safe. Getting all butt hurt over stressing it out and what not is a little much. It's a wild snake, most of us here got into snakes by finding them out in the wild and catching them. He found it took a few cool pics of it and sent it on its way. Sounds alright to me. Everything doesn't need to turn into a gigantic debate.