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What kind of a snake is this and can you tell me more about it? (diet, care, gender, type and stuff?)?
Its a long/medium skinny greenish grayish snake that my neighbor found in Southern Utah, and it has a stubby tail like it looks like it kind of has a second head but it doesn't, very friendly not poisonous, and he has a yellowish underside with some dark speckles. My neighbor says he thinks its a water snake but I would like to find out more about him, to see if I can keep him in my garden. Please any information would help.
Ok, I took some photos earlier today, but I really cant post them on tonight, email me at pimpin_pumpkinz93 and I will get you some photos of him
Its a male rubber boa, the first picture looks exactly like him, thank you so much!!
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- ?Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
The first snake that comes to mind is the rubber boa "stubby tail like it looks like it kind of has a second head". These three photos show the yellowish bellies with darker colorations.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/graphics/snake5.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_leppin/344703955...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dee-moe/3267850233/
More photos to show various colorations
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_...
"Skinny" of course is a relative description.
http://www.mlms.logan.k12.ut.us/science/wboa.jpg
Range map
http://www.rubberboas.com/Content/range.html
General info
http://www.rubberboas.com/Photos/photoindex.html
Determining gender
http://www.rubberboas.com/Photos/spurs.html
The only other snake that appears to have a head at both ends is the blind snake, but that really doesn't fit your description.
http://utahherps.info/pics/leptotyphlops_h_utahens...
There is always the possibility that another species got it's tail chopped off and it healed into a "nub", giving the appearance of two heads. For example, a yellow bellied racer with a chopped off healed tail. Though they are a bit snappy when first caught.
http://utahherps.info/pics/coluber_c_mormon_2004_0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71701055@N00/27886989...
Snakes of Utah
http://utahherps.info/snakes.html
Yes, most of the info I gave I found online. Now I will offer you some advice based on personal experience. When you release a captive snake into the wild you need to consider a few various factors. Are you going to release it into the same area/region that it was found in (your garden)? How long has it been in captivity? Are you willing to accept that you will probably never see the snake again, as it will probably wander off in search of an optimum habitat or mating grounds. Has it been eating? What have you been feeding it.
If it isn't a rubber boa, I assure you I can identify it if you show send me the photos. We can correspond on the best thing to do for the well being of the snake. If you've had the snake for awhile and/or you aren't currently living near where it was captured (another state), the best thing to do is to is to keep it. However, the best advice I can give is that if you haven't had it for very long; and you aren't too far from where it was captured, is to take it back and release it exactly where you found it. Assuming it is a native species. A released/escaped exotic is a whole other story (not to be released). But first we need an identification.
I will wait for your reply before adding more info/advice/details.
- 1 decade ago
The tail bit kind of thrown me off but if we are negating that then the snake could be a Ring-Necked Snake, if you could photo the snake I could accurately tell you what type it is
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well i dont think it is a water snake because i just looked up pictures of water snakes:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=wat...
doesnt match your description.
im sorry but i do not know.
so sorry!