^ That's not supposed to be the answer. It's only my username.
I don't know my snakes that well. I was looking at pics of various kinds of kingsnakes (
Lampropeltis), bull snakes (
Pituophis; they don't really eat bulls), water snakes (
Natrix), etc., but I didn't come up with anything very promising. Two complicating factors are that we don't know if that pic was even taken in North America, and whenever I see several pictures that are supposed to be of the same species of snake, they don't look that much alike to me.
Here's an example from Wikipedia of the kinds of variation you may get among snakes, even within the same species:
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The two most common base colors are straw and straw grey, though the species' color varies widely.[2] The dorsal blotches, or saddles, are well-defined and generally dark to chocolate brown, though some specimens have had black blotches.[2][3] The side blotches are often brown or grey. The back of the neck is dark brown.[3] In many areas, such as Solano County, California, the snake can be found in a striped morph.
The ventral side may be cream-colored to yellowish with dark spots. On the dorsal side, especially near the tail, there is often a reddish coloration.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2013 10:42PM by gophersnake.
