what type snake would this had been?

[Kenneth in Texas]

Found his skin in my driveway, measured 79" end to end and that wasnt even really stretched out. Thats almost 7 feet long, my word.

 

[jaxs]

King Snake is about the only thing of that size. It's interesting that he was able to change clothes with ripping into multiple pieces. Maybe you scared him so bad he jumped out of his britches,I know I would have if he surprised me.:shocked:

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

man had i came up on something that size in my woods i would have shed my skin too. Never seen a snake this long.

 

[Billy Bee]

jaxs, up here we have "spreaden outers" we call them blowsnakes or puff adders. Pretty impressive display, like a cobra but harmless. Don't know the real name of them, maybe hognose snake?

 

[tallyho8]

The rat snake I caught a while back was 7'1" and had 2 of my half grown turkeys inside him.
That was his last meal.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

jaxs, up here we have "spreaden outers" we call them blowsnakes or puff adders. Pretty impressive display, like a cobra but harmless. Don't know the real name of them, maybe hognose snake?

We have them too...we called them Spread-heads, puff adders and hognosed snakes.

 

[GLyford]

Up here we have "black rat snake" Pantherophis obsoletus - Wikipedia

Almost stepped on one, thought it was a garden hose. We both jumped back from that one (in opposite directions).

We had deer netting over our little fishpond for a couple of years to keep leaves out. Problem is leaves in the netting all winter would make it stink when you hauled it out in the spring, so we spread it out on an out-of-the-way spot back by the compost. Apparently, mice like to hide under leaves and tangled things, and snakes will go after them. We had two caught in the mesh, but they still wiggled. So I pinned their heads and cut the mesh with a pair of scissors. You could see each of them take a big deep breath and get a lot more lively once I got their ribcage free. I made sure to toss them with the stick away from the netting so they wouldn't just hide right back under it again. Tossed the netting.

 

[jaxs]

jaxs, up here we have "spreaden outers" we call them blowsnakes or puff adders. Pretty impressive display, like a cobra but harmless. Don't know the real name of them, maybe hognose snake?

I'll say this ,they certainly are adaptiable. I would never have thought snakes existed that far north. I'm wondering if their demise in my area is attributed to increased wild hog population that occurred about the same time as this snake was becoming increasingly rare. I know for fact that hogs eat snakes,including venomous types. Whereas a rat snake might hide, slither away or even shinny up a tree,these guys would make themselves conspicuous if disturbed by foraging hogs.

 

[Dave Pee]

"The other was about the same size,dusty dark,reared the front part of his body well above ground,hissed and spread his body just below the head resembling a Cobra."

Quite a few hognose in N FLA. Totally harmless - will not bite you.

 

[jaxs]

Hognose sound's approperate. I recall their head looking rather sinister atop the hood.

 

[TomSeller]

I'll say this ,they certainly are adaptiable. I would never have thought snakes existed that far north. I'm wondering if their demise in my area is attributed to increased wild hog population that occurred about the same time as this snake was becoming increasingly rare. I know for fact that hogs eat snakes,including venomous types. Whereas a rat snake might hide, slither away or even shinny up a tree,these guys would make themselves conspicuous if disturbed by foraging hogs.

Well there is one benefit to hogs.......

 

[dragoneggs]

The rat snake I caught a while back was 7'1" and had 2 of my half grown turkeys inside him.
That was his last meal.

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Yikes... all we have around here are harmless little Garter snakes that rarely are more than 20in or so.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Could be a rat snake of some variety but probably too thin for the length. Definitely too thin for a diamondback, bullsnake or indigo snake.

Off-hand I'd guess a coachwhip (I think that's the only racer that get 7ft in N. Texas). Aggressive suckers and fast too!

I'm not an expert but if you take close-ups of the belly scales around the vent and the head/nose (if intact) I probably can give you at least a genus.

Not that many snakes regularly get to 7'. Pretty rare to find one that intact.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Yikes... all we have around here are harmless little Garter snakes that rarely are more than 20in or so.

That one is harmless too (apparently unless you're a young turkey)

 

[screamin400]

If I saw any of these mentioned snakes here nothing short of an air strike would suffice.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

If I saw any of these mentioned snakes here nothing short of an air strike would suffice.

Hah. The Hognose is a bluffer. When the going gets tough, he rolls over on his back and plays Possum.

 

[screamin400]

Hah. The Hognose is a bluffer. When the going gets tough, he rolls over on his back and plays Possum.

I would be the same