Snake ID

GDKC

God Damn King Cobra

Western,Grey Rat snakes (Pantherophis obsoletus, Pantherophis spiloides)

These account for two of the 48 species in Louisiana and can be found across the entire state. The specific type of rat snake depends on their location in relation to the Mississippi river. Westerns are found West of the river, and East of the river you will find greys. Rat snakes are long and slender. They vary in color from nearly black without much of a visible pattern to pale brown, yellowish, or even orangeish with black or brown blotches. Averaging around 4 to 6 feet long with a record of 7-feet-2, these snakes can climb virtually anything including walls, poles and trees. They’re often called “chicken snakes” because they spend time around chicken coops eating mice and rats that are stealing the feed, but they’ll also eat eggs when the opportunity arises. These constrictors also eat birds and other rodents. Adults can annually consume more than 100 disease-carrying rodents, which also includes the thousands of fleas and ticks in which they are covered. Rat snakes will often display a “kinked” appearance and will coil up in a defensive posture when cornered, but they pose no danger to humans.

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Is this a GDKC?

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No, but it is a GDCK.

rat snake, if you have him you need him

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99% of the time, if there’s a snake at your house and it’s climbing up something, it’s a rat snake.

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Except at your house; where there's black mambas and shite hanging from the drapery.

Grab him and see

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