re: Snake ID - mimic edition

alxtgr u got a milk snake there

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Where did you find it--in leaf litter or a dead tree?

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Just saw it moving along the forest floor among the leaves and pine straw. It did not want to be caught. Tried to burrow and did the rapid tail vibration thing. Had a three snake day including a very tiny grass snake.

What trips me out is that the "mimics" are the ones that are hard to differentiate - none of them look like a Coral, lol. I can sit here comparing pics of the mimics and still be unsure unless I can examine the ventral side, etc. But the slightest glimpse of a Coral tells you it's a Coral.

ETA: You're a lucky sumbitch! I'm lucky to see a water snake or a black racer these days. My neighborhood sits right on the Honey Island Swamp, so it should be crawling with snakes here. There's a couple small patches of woods I go in occasionally, and I tear apart every rotten stump hoping to find something cool. There's just nothing here. My dad used to catch a great variety in New Orleans East back in the day, but if I went around those parts today I'd never be seen again.

Our disc course is on the edge of where the medium textured upland meets the bottoms, so it's great for snakes and birds. Mung's copperhead came from the same area.