I was once a Herpetologist (study of reptile and amphibians) wannabe and decided after starting the program that it was not for me. Anyhow, Northern Water Snake. They have quite a bad temper. Often confused with the Water Mocassin and Copperhead. If you aren't sure, leave it alone. I used to have a number of these Northerns in captivity. Never could tame them down. Coloration is the same for juveniles and adults.

They make good exercise and food for kingsnakes ,funny watching a snake eat a snake

All snakes have a thing they do and that's to eat ..... I will kill the ones with fangs if their in the yard. But if you have snake trouble in the yard that means you have a mice problem too. Kill the mice and the snake problem will go away.

Those of you who come across rattle snakes that rattle don't kill them its a good thing. Now days they are not rattling due to the fact it gets them killed.

The Eastern Diamond back is on the Endanger species list and that snake is on one of our first battle flag Don't Tread on Me

The round up in Texas has caused a explosion in the rat, mice, and gofer population which cause more problem with cattle by getting there legs broken due to holes in the ground.

Now a cotton mouth is the meanest snake to come across, the animal shows try to put a good spin on them but it's BS

Just my .02$