I found this snake in my yard when I came home from school half an hour ago. I thought it was one of those non-poisonous Anguis fragilis ('blindworm'). After googling, I realized it was not.
Can anyone tell me what snake this is? Is it poisonous?
Edit: It's about 90cm/35inch long. Should I worry about my bunny in its cage in the yard?
I don't know if this is true or not....
I was told one time that snake that have the slitted pupils are poisonous but the ones with the round pupils (like the photo) are non-poisonous.
I don't know if this is true or not....
I was told one time that snake that have the slitted pupils are poisonous but the ones with the round pupils (like the photo) are non-poisonous.
There are only a limited number of poisonous snakes in the US:
Rattlesnakes (easy enough to distinguish)
Cottonmouth
Copperhead - both snakes are in the SE United States.
Coral Snakes (also easy enough to roughly distinguish (yes, there are mimics, but the colors easily make your snake not one of these).
So, based on that, it's unlikely your snake was poisonous. Vipers have slitted pupils. I do know the coral snake is not a viper so may not have those eyes...
OK, nevermind, I don't know what made me think you were in the US. It's not an assumption I usually make, but did for some reason here...
When I just saw the title of this thread, I'd just been reading these instructions on visiting the Keck Observatories in Hawaii:
A four-wheel-drive vehicle is required beyond the 9,200 foot level as the air is too thin to adequately cool a vehicle's brakes upon descent.
The road above the OCIA to the Mauna Kea Observatories is unpaved, rough, steep, winding, and dangerous. Only four-wheel-drive vehicles are permitted above the OCIA. The road can be traversed in about half an hour in good weather, but extreme caution must be exercised when driving it, particularly on the descent. Use low gear and be on the lookout for slide areas and for loose gravel. Do not drive over 25 mph. Use headlights if it is foggy. The switchback section of the road above OCIA is particularly hazardous during the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset, because of the low elevation of the Sun - in several sections of the road, you must drive directly towards the Sun, so it is very difficult to see oncoming traffic.
