Don't Neglect The A/C Unit This Summer!

Copperheads don't hang out around people and wouldn't be inside an AC unit.
Head shape, markings, body shape and location are all wrong for copperhead.
Its a rat snake or some variation of a rat snake. Harmless mouse eater.

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Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

That isn't a Copperhead, that is an Florida White Oak Snake.

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http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...psfi26nip1.jpg

I would have agreed with CarlF that it was a gray rat snake. I' not familiar with the other'un---they probably taste the same.

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Originally Posted by CarlF

Copperheads don't hang out around people

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I guess the one I killed on my back porch didn't get the memo.

how about this: "don't normally hang out around people".....

Juveniles are found in wet bottom lands, then adults move up to drier upland areas.

Copperhead

http://www.doberman.org/litterbox/co...perheadnkh.jpg

It is not a rat snake it is an oak snake.
There is a difference.

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Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

That isn't a Copperhead, that is an Florida.

If I seen that snake here in Tennessee it would be a Copper Head. Apparently they have the same markings.

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i'm in Tennessee and have seen hundreds of copperheads. it's not even close.

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Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

It is not a rat snake it is an oak snake.
There is a difference.

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A slight difference, same species, different sub-species.


White Oak Gray Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta spiloides

I'm pretty sure the one that got into my AC was a rat snake but he was pretty crispy after they found him so I was not able to ask him exactly what species he/she was!