What kind of snake is this?

[Mr. Sandman]

Here are a couple more photos...
Dekays...never heard of a that kind of snake...is it pretty common ?

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? when you approached the snake did it flatten it's head out and coil kinda like a wimpy cobra and then play dead if so I call them Hog head snakes , my wife is scared Sh1T of snakes , they come up out of the bog and sun themselfs in my back yard ,we had a lab that would seek and destroy them but he is gone now ( fried by LIGHTNING) poor Scrappy.
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[leptar]

http://www.snakeladyri.com/

[basswipe]

Definitely a Garter.Got one livin around the fish pond.Kinda like a mascot.

[ReelinRod]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Here are a couple more photos...
Dekays...never heard of a that kind of snake...is it pretty common ?

My first thought was a DeKay's but now I'm seeing faint banding / blotching in these two photos and leaning towards Northern Water Snake. The size is a bit big for Dekay's gauged by the Oak leaves.

[spence]

Originally Posted by ReelinRod

My first thought was a DeKay's but now I'm seeing faint banding / blotching in these two photos and leaning towards Northern Water Snake. The size is a bit big for Dekay's gauged by the Oak leaves.

Duh, I think that's exactly what it is. Heck, I've even housed the damn creature before as a kid

The pattern is a bit dull, but it fits the profile perfectly.

-spence