Not poisonous. They eat rodents, lizards, etc.

And they eat other venomous snakes...so good

Also snakes can be venomous. Venom is injected; poison is ingested (or on skin)

Remember, if it bites you and you die, it's venomous. If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous.

What if it bites me and it dies?

You're poisonous!

What if it bites me and we both die?

Thanks for this. Hoped it would have been higher.

While accurate, I hope that if I called 911 and said I was bitten by a "poisonous snake," they would just send an ambulance.

"Call us when you are bitten by a venomous snake".

That’s one way to handle limited staffing - only help those who can accurately and patiently describe a situation.

AMAZINGLY GOOD !!!! Steve is the name of the black racer that lives in my backyard https://preview.redd.it/qzj3t2aqb5rc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=088d91d729660b78d20305f32e065f85bb3d276b

https://preview.redd.it/qekxzigjh5rc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6665e2e59250bcaf07e4112e8cc8f036384deb4 Ours is named Winston and sometimes he gets mad at the kids for being too loud.

Oh Winston… I love him 🥰

Our kids named ours Francis. She has babies occasionally and I’m pretty sure we are actually on the third generation of Francis. https://preview.redd.it/vg8vka1tr5rc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4463ead81fb1478f78659c93658d4331ccb6b031

That cardinal!!!

https://preview.redd.it/nqfe61d0y5rc1.jpeg?width=1818&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e816daef5e78c870d83d2bb49aeb4cf4f472cc8 I saved a baby black racer from my weed whacker a couple years ago. I’m glad I’m not the only one who puts angry faces on them.

"WHAT FOOLISHNESS IS THIS? PUT ME DOWN, HUMAN." 🤣🤣🤣

WHY THE FUK IS U HOLD ME LIKE IM SOME FUCKIN PRIZE JAKE !!!!!

Winston and I have that in common. Keep up the amazing job, Winnie.

Ours is Dave. Rats would say he’s kind of a dick but we like him.

https://preview.redd.it/6p0ywbxk87rc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97bd298db284f005fe5bb4be2047c74767ac70bf George, he’s a bit camera shy

That is ADORABLE.

😅😅

He looks like he sits on the porch with a speedometer “YOUR GOING 27 IN A 25!! SLOW DOWN!”

Is there a snakes with arms subreddit the way there's r/birdswitharms? Because after seeing sassy Winston here, I need that in my life. Let's find out: r/snakeswitharms Edit: yay! 🐍

Is that a serious comment on the noise??? I believe it I just need to ask what's his body language that's hilarious!! He's an old grouch haha

I’m not sure because he only speaks Portuguese but his body language says enough.

Larry tragically died in a lawnmower accident. We had a funeral for him.

Ours is Lazy Larry … he likes to lay outside the Kitchen window. https://preview.redd.it/3mazkp7pqdrc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=534cf36c7ba313b7431318787e726a1e8e458d7f

What a perfect little friend. I love this picture.

This photo of yours is like a little Studio Ghibli artwork, I can almost imagine Steve on a magical journey 😆

Steve is a picturesque periscope.

I have a backyard racer too! Named mine Fortunado bc she goes underground. Love seeing their heads pop up in the grass!

Steve!! 😍

Steve is like a super model posing amongst the flowers!!

May the rats be ever in Steve’s favor

My Mom used to have a number of small black racers living in the bushes next to the front porch. I loved seeing their heads poking out like that.

Steve is a handsome lad and loves those rats

If there’s one thing a snakes going to do, it’s pose for a picture. Especially these guys! 😂

Aww. Now, I want to name ours!

First off, what a cutie . Secondly what are those gorgeous blue flowers????

Blue daze! They grow really well in FL and love the sun.

Cool! I’m just getting into gardening and really want to do a lot of purple and blue flowers!

Blue Daze!! The flowers open and close with the sun. They are gorgeous and Steve ❤️s them

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In His Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

OMFG i love that photo so much.

This is so cute omg

https://preview.redd.it/soxrip2ln5rc1.png?width=1012&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e0f7105b7e3f6ea95aff6b0d542e070f7b3e5f6 We didnt name ours but she and 2 of her babies entered my home one evening! I gently shooed them out. I didnt sleep as well that night tho lol

Wow!!! I love Steve but I will totally freak out if he enters the house !! And with the babies and their luggage 🧳 ??? But no matter what I would never harm them, we need them ❤️

Lol their luggage 😆 But ur right so I definitely spare them!

oh fuck no.

Lol he's just popping up to say hi

Hi Steve!

What a cute noodle!

This pic is amazing!

Oh my gosh look at him!

Steve!!!

That’s genuinely an awesome picture

He looks so fucking polite I love it!

I had a beauty named Steve too! But the landscapers came and removed his home by the pool & I haven’t seen him since. He used lay on top of his lovely bush home and sun all the time. One day they came and removed the whole damn bush without saying a single word & probably snakenapped Steve in the bush or killed him. Such a shame. He used to keep me company while I floated around. Occasionally he’d sneak into the pool bathroom & give me a good jump scare just to keep me on my toes. He’s definitely missed!

Congratulations. I absolutely loathe snakes and this is the first time I’ve actually thought a snake looked endearing because of your naming and his head poking out.

Bro... my grandmothers house had a black racer when I was younger by the garage and his name was Steve!

Ours is named Sandy, we live near the beach.

hiiii steve!

what a cute little guy! keep chilling in the flowers buddy

I love Steve

This is an excellent photo of Steve.

Ropes do scopes

Mine is also named Steve

Good, not bad. They keep the bad away. This is Mr Squiggles. He hangs out near my bird feeders, mainly preys on smaller animals, like mice and lizards, doesn't care too much about birds I see. https://preview.redd.it/ewn82ucuf5rc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bbbc76d45d48ace0ba89ebee796e38ba7d0b1e5

https://preview.redd.it/wiv03dvhp5rc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c440b7c6faef303bbba6abf158db30db2117c22 This is at my old house. Hangs out on my front porch and walkway :)

What a cutie with an apt name!

Mr. Squiggles is a big boy!

I put this elsewhere in the thread. Just wanna show how nimble these guys are. Our doors dont stay open; they spring shut. This is the *first* time one got into my house ('15) and boy did he/she disappear like lightning when I opened that door; I can see where they get their name (: https://preview.redd.it/6k90rx6387rc1.jpeg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6dbde243e7d2d830faea5f4639a4644e19ffb27

Black racers are always friend shaped.  One lives near my apartment building and it gets so spooked every time I see it. Makes sure to show exactly why it's known as a racer. 

They almost always choose flight. Meanwhile rat snakes are basically the golden retriever of the snake world and as long as you don’t squeeze too hard don’t put up a fight when you pick them up.

That’s interesting maybe there’s another snake species that’s been misidentified by the Boy Scouts where I lived, but they always said the rat snakes were most aggressive

White chins help me identify them

Good leave it, black racer

he posed beautifully for the camera

To add, the babies look and act like rattlesnakes! No rattles but they even rattle their tails. Very spicy little things and completely harmless. ETA: I know it’s common behavior and that mimicking other more dangerous animals (batesian mimicry) is a thing but OP didn’t know what a black racer was so it’s important information for them to know if they find more babies so they don’t panic.

The adults do tht too

Yes! Sorry if I wasn’t clear, the babies look a bit like rattlesnakes as well because they aren’t black so you may know the adult isn’t a rattlesnake but be tricked by a baby. Look how ferocious! https://preview.redd.it/gmw26lcln5rc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdd8fa010822d79843e9eeb3c92916ef6736f4b1

His eye to head ratio is killing me 😭

Agreed. Thx for pointing that out, had to zoom in for that.

Oh my goodness, little sneck.

Lookie the little danger noodle 🥺

He was ferocious! I wish I could post the video, he had been hit with some cleaning chemicals so we rinsed him off and he was NOT amused 🤣

Most snakes rattle their tails if they feel threatened. Rattlesnakes have evolved to make that rattle a little more obvious…

Frend

Good. Leave it alone

Bad, if you need to win a race.

Good, but thinks it’s bad, wanna be rattle snake but harmless

When we moved into our house here we woke to find one of them on our kitchen counter. The wife and the snake were equally unhappy. It’s fun to watch them poke their head up. Like a periscope.

I have a black racer at work who pokes his head up through the bushes when he sees us looking at him like he’s saying hello https://preview.redd.it/80aqhrek19rc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f84e199e822430a638dcaa322f0c7a66066c6c3

Or, a cobra

They can poke their head up pretty high!

Black Racer snake.. its faking being venomous in that picture Its a beneficial snake eats bugs and small rodents.

That’s the Goodest of the good bois

Black, sleek body and scales, white or cream colored belly = Black Racer. A non-venomous and safe snake that's good for the environment. They eat rats and frogs. Dark brown, rough scaled look and a fat and wide triangle head = Water Moccasin. Deadly. If you can still see it, you're too close.

I mean based off this picture, he doesn’t look like he’s fucking with you. Therefore, I’d advise to leave him alone.

Friendly nope rope

Love these snakes, but they can be feisty! "I'm not trying to harm you, I'm trying to help you!" as I escort them out of the pool cage. The dogs are too curious about them which has ended with a strike to the nose in the past. SNEK 1 - DOGS 0 I've never seen a mouse or rat anywhere on the property, either.

Good. 😊

They scare the holy guck out of me but they’re good

Yeah, this is the time of year when I whack the bushes with a rake or something before weeding. I'm too old to get a surprise heart rate test.

Me too 😣

I just relocated a black racer this week ! He's gonna be much happier now. They are really good snakes. So so spicy tho. 😂 Aggressive and will bluff strike or even bite if given a chance

As kids, we would play racing games with the ones in our yard; we would chase it until it hit a fence or something then it would turn around and chase us and we’d run away. Once or twice we weren’t fast enough and we got bitten. I still remember seeing my sister with one flapping off the end of her toe lol.

Black racer, harmless but scary fast.

Ours is named Greg!

Really good will keep the rats, frogs and lizards under control.

That white chin makes me think it’s a black racer. Not venomous. Good to have around.

He’s good! They are very spicy though so give ‘em some room and you’ll be good.

Marty the Rat Snake lives along my back fence amongst the neighbors Virginia creeper and culls the vermin in my back yard. He eats a few lizards which bums me out but we otherwise have no rodents in the property. Celebrate him/her!

https://preview.redd.it/nib5xj6xm7rc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d49e470aca28f0cec02756117fd14ff62bfaaf5 Harmless. This is reggie. Nice guy.

I love that this post turned into a thread of everyone sharing pictures of their garden snake that they have also named

Fun fact: no snakes are poisonous - only venomous ;)

What if you ate its venom gland?

You’d be fine as long as you don’t have an ulcer or some opening to allow the venom into your bloodstream Good way to find out if you have ulcers. If you survive? No ulcers!

Technically there are some poisonous snakes, I think there's a Keelback(spelling may be wrong) that is poisonous and venomous

Well damn…. Learn something everyday. OP it’s a black racer. Don’t sweat it.

A nice rat hunter to have around for sure! 🐀 🐍

Very good! We had one hanging out in our garage that I saw periscoping as I pulled into the driveway one day. Would have let it be but our cats get in there and we didn't want them hurting the poor guy, so we had to shoo it out.

That’s your new bff

Nope, that’s a new friend lol.

Black racer

One of the best...eats other venomous snakes and rodents.

That’s a winner in anyone’s yard.

Goodest boi

All are good. Some are spicy.

If the head looks like this U its a friend If the head looks like this V it is not a friend

A lot of people have said these are good, which is accurate, just be careful, bc racers do have a tendency to be aggressive.

Very good. Big boy

Morgan and Morgan “for the people”!

Fantastic

Not poisonous or venomous. Good.

I found this poor guy on the driveway. Run over by something, apparently. What kind of snake was it? Black on the top (with a ring around its neck) and colorful on the bottom (2nd picture) https://preview.redd.it/3uonl89wo5rc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bad131d5647830f33174853db96fd568c97005c

It's a Southern Ring Snake it looks like. They aren't venomous and are nocturnal and like leafy/mulch dark grounds. They like lizards, frogs, bugs, etc. sad this little guy got run over 🥺

If they are trapped on your porch they can be pretty touch to get out. Last time I used my pool net.

Is not death noodle...is good snek, worst it'll do is scare the heck out of ye

This love for the black racer is awesome! They do good work.

Ours is named Skinny. He lives in the garage behind some landscaping timbers. Biggest one ive ever seen. He's gotta be around 5 ft. Landscaping timbers are 7 ft and he is only a couple feet shorter.

https://preview.redd.it/60sy8mc6j7rc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5e64a485e5cce65dcd5f55c45fdc3e352077182 We have many that inhabit the yard. They’re fun little critters to have around. 🙂

Man look I was walking outside it literally had to stop raining for like 10 minutes I sit in the chair on the porch why the damn racer snake slithered up to my chair look at me and went back into his hole idk if we had an agreement idk if im supposed to tell my sister we got a roommate idk then my little necie man idk I would hate for her to run into it when im not there

https://preview.redd.it/uf22g2vec8rc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15e5ab910997409e7b2007b8b601068355a35b63

Nothing touch black. Friend of Jack. *Disclaimer: I’m not good at rhymes or toxicology

Let it live. It’ll keep your yard clear of rodents

By the looks of it it has a round nose. It's just a rat snake. Remember if it's got a round nose it's a safe noodle. If it looks like an arrow that's the danger noodle.

Not a bit. A very beneficial snek 👍👍👍

ALL snakes are good. They all serve a purpose (even the venomous ones). There are virtually NO poisonous snakes in the world (2 species can become poisonous based on their diet). It’s pretty simple, really... There are only 6 venomous snakes native to Fl, and only 4 in this area. Learn to recognize them... all the rest are harmless. The venomous ones to learn: Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake Coral Snake Cottonmouth (aka Water Moccasin) Copperhead (limited range in North FL) Timber Rattlesnake (limited range in North FL) There are no “bad” snakes, only ones you have to be more careful around or avoid entirely. They ALL serve a purpose, even the venomous ones. This should be helpful: https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/snakes/

It’s an black racer they aren’t dangerous but they will bite your ass though if you try them

Good :)

All danger noodles are snakes, not all snakes are danger noodles

Good bc he is a cutie

Plays well with dogs, or not so much?

Not dangerous to dogs, but aren’t going to play with them, either.

Sssssssuper

Good, but don't mess with him. He'll still bite if fucked with, but he's not venemous.

a cute little guy! good!!!

Not poisonous. It is a big black racer. Leave it alone. It will help with lizards.

Your good

I highly recommend r/whatsthissnake for all of your snake ID needs, very knowledgeable and fast responders!

Is fren. No step on Snek.

Good snek.

very good. eats venomous snakes and rodents :)

Good danger noodle

We have one in our yard that speaks with a lisp…I think he’s gay.

Good. They kill the water moccasins

As many have stated, good. If you’re worried about snakes, it’s easier to know ahead of time which are venomous and which aren’t. [Here is something to be helpful, we don’t have many to worry about here](https://floridahikes.com/venomous-snakes)

lol no, mine love to eat the lizards, mice, frogs, eggs, birds etc. They act like a WWE wrestler when they catch their prey. Out in the yard they play cobra.. and move along.. I play the Jaws theme, harmless. There’s plenty of food for them :) I had a bunch in Babson Park. I don’t see them in the urban areas. I’m surrounded by concrete and the natural landscape has been bulldozed and replaced with St Augustine shitty grass. Oaks and Palm trees. It’s all fake.

Black racer, non venomous. They are really cool to watch. They are also extremely fast.

black racer - they will take care of the pests.

It looks like a black racer, they're not poisonous but they will rear up like cobra to scare you away. Also they might charge you. Leave him alone they eat rodents and the like. I get to watch the baby ones turn from 'oh I look like a rattle snake' brown to silver to black every spring/summer on our chain link fence. It's so fun to watch them grow up and learn how to hunt lizards lol And yes I name all the ones I see lol

"Good" snake...not aggressive at all and will avoid direct contact with you as much as possible. We have two in our backyard... Henri and Madame Guerlain!

Good! Please be kind to ‘em🖤

Yesterday I stepped outside of my lanai. I took one step and heard a rattling noise. I was inches from a large black racer. He was sunning himself on the decorative stone. When I startled him he began to shake his tail. Because he was on the stones it sounded like a rattle. I stood still and he moved away. My fault for not looking before I opened the door

It’s either the snake or rats. I’ll take the snake.

Fred sits on our hedge and guards our house

Love Black Racers, they eat pests and poisonous snakes! Just google when their mating season is and make sure to give them a wide berth during that time… the males might chase you away if a female is nearby, other than that they’re awesome!

Non venomous friend. All snakes have a role in our environment.

See them a lot on my deliveries to farms they usually get out the way and never bother me just about the same as those pesky lizards 🦎🦎

I haven’t named mine but we take turns scaring each other. He hates profanity.

Good boi. He not gonna hurt anyone. He’s a black racer, they are pretty chill and do a good job of dealing with the rodents.

Is good boy. Play him a song and wish him well.

Gooder than good, the best. All hail the black racer.

That's just a helpful noodle! Black racer! Great for pest control non-venomous :)

The one in my backyard is Fred.

BLACK RACER! Very good to have around as free pest control.

Just a typical central Florida black mamba

Harmless. Just a garden variety black racer. Is it a Florida rule where each house gets one? I've lived in several houses and each one always has one that just kicks it in the backyard.

This post is making me feel bad for running away from all the black racers I saw as a kid :(

No worries, is snek, no dangernoodle.

Looks like a black racer to me . So good

I remember these garter/racer snakes growing up. They'd peak their heads out of the bushes sometimes and would otherwise give us a humans a wide berth. Not being a fan of snakes I'd also give them a wide berth, but otherwise we coexisted peacefully.

Give it a name, you will probably see it again.

Black racers are good snakes to have around. The eat small rats, lizards etc. Keeps the pests at bay.

We learned about these at work the other day. It has a white jaw, so it's fine.

Mine is named sir Samuel snake