snake in the garage tonight , what is it ?

Ok snake people.

Found this little guy trying to sneak in the garage this evening


And simply relocated him back to the outdoors .

maybe 14" long, about the size of a sharpie diam

99% sure not a rattler
BUT, ????

Never seen a 14' rattler

I'll tell you what it ain't....a reason to leave the garage door open. Yikes.

Sonoran Lyre snake is my guess. It is mildly venomous.

Pick the snake up and politely ask him ? "What kind of Snake are you" ?

There's an app for that...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.snakesnap.application&hl=en_US&gl=US

14 INCHES !!!!

Thanks.

Looked that up. And i believe you're right.

Looking to hibernate. With the crazy weather here in Arizona rattlers have been encountered.

This reminds me to SEAL UP the lower edge of my 12x14 OH door ...

Several months ago a snake got in there and I dropped a small bench vise on it

It had a squareish head !

Before or after you dropped the vice on it?

BEFORE !

Don’t know a lot about snakes but I heard some time ago that most all snakes that are venomous.,, have squarish heads

Triangular. Hopefully you found him a new place to hang out.

He's good.

I don't kill them ......simply relocated him to side yard.

If he was poisonous and that close to my house he broke our unwritten agreement to stay in his own area. I wonder what he tastes like.

just like chicken............

Was last summer some time.
We had a gopher snake going across driveway as we pulled in......he was at least 4 ft long. .

He kept moving and disappeared in the side yard.

We have a gila monster around we see from time to time.


They leave me alone......ill leave them alone.
They help keep the packrat population down.

This snake does have a wider than normal face, but it's more like a python than a viper.

I worked summers in an old power plant that bordered scrub prairie. When the weather started turning cooler as fall approached, the rattlers from the prairie would come into the boiler house as it was warm. It was a joke around the plant that once cooler weather hit everyone had three flashlights, one for each hand and one in the mouth!

Where in the valley do you live?

Corona De Tucson, basically south east of Downtown Tucson. AKA south of Vail Az ,,,our area backs up to the Santa Rita Mountains

This is where I ID'd your friend. Lots more friends on here to choose from.

https://rattlesnakesolutions.com/snake-information/reptiles-of-arizona.php

Thanks for that link
There are a lot more rattlesnakes types in AZ than I had heard or imagine of

The list of snakes that can ruin your day there is surprisingly long indeed. I figured there would be a handful at most. Wrong!

Hell, Arizona has a list of Cacti that can ruin your day! Washington has one venomous snake, the Pacific Rattler, and NO venomous lizards. A few spiders...

Looks like a Copperheaded Rattler Moccasin to me!!!!

um, are you referring to something other than the reptile type ? [i just hadda say that ! ]

Great information!

Ive been here since mid August 2018 and to be honest Ive seen 2 rattle snakes,,,,,and one of them was already dead

Ive got that snake link bookmarked

I tried to relocate it but he wanted to stay .......



And yes ... triangle shaped head

With flip flops and cargo shorts ... I couldn’t chance it

Yep...bad day...

Maybe the Snake is a fan of black Hemi cars and just wanted a ride.