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One of my associates emails this to me asking what kind of snake this was. They said they killed it in their garden..
I replied back telling them it was a dead snake. Found around humans in every part of the country you go to.

I have no idea what kind it is but it sure is a pretty thing to just kill because it is a snake.

Looks like a mud snake.

Looks like a mud snake.

Double R2 is right, Mud Snake (according to the herptologist I share an office with).

That is what I was guessing to (mud snake). Wished he wouldn't have killed it, dont see those everyday.

A good snake is a dead snake...........

I simply follow the golden rule...........

nope - it's a "dead" mud snake

That would be a Venemous Fangalicious. They are known to have venom so powerful they can kill 100+ men with one drop. Not to mention their desire and love to kill small children. Espically girls.

Oh my bad. Actually it is a mud snake. There isn't anything wrong with introducing a snake to the end of a hoe. Ra

If you've never seen one of these up close.....they ARE really pretty. It was crimson red on the belly and jet black on top. I've only seen one in my 50 years........and it was the victim of an encounter with a vehicle.

Also colloquially refered to as the "stinging snake", a misnomer if ever there were. Uncommon even in the delta, like Pewee said.

that is a real pretty snake . Every year they have a siminar on snakes of Mississippi, it is real educational and tells a lot about the different snakes . I have let 8 Rattlesnakes live since i saw this siminar I have probably caught 10 or 12 chicken , king , pine , spredding adder, a bunch of water snakes that look a lot like a mockison . if you give them a little room they will go the other way , except the cottonmouth, he is bad & he will stand his ground , I know . I have killed a many of thim in self defence frog gigging.

except the cottonmouth, he is bad & he will stand his ground , I know . I have killed a many of thim in self defence frog gigging.

they like the light for some reason DR. I killed my fair share when I coon hunted 5 nights a week......at 3 of those had a cotton mouth somewhere in the story......and they usualy chased or was attracted to the light.......hehehehe........kida of ironic dont you think THEY WENT TO THE LIGHT hehehe

Yep, dead mud snake. I have actually seen a couple of those in whitesand creek in rural Jefferson Davis county, back home. I once saw a mud snake swim between Robert Barns' legs... he was standing in about 2 foot of water and one swam right between his legs. We had to get out of the creek for a few minutes caused he pissed in it when that happened...

They are a unique colored snake.

I have probably caught 10 or 12 chicken , king , pine , spredding adder,

Is a spredding adder an Eastern Hognose snake. I use to hear old people call hognoses spreading adders. My granddaddy used to talk about a snake called a rattlesnake pilot, yall ever heard that one? Ofcourse, there's no such thing, but I wonder what he was talking about......

Deadeye

i got a new grill for fathers day... bring him over and lets try it out! them eat good on rainy days! yuuummmm!

Should have told AQ it was a brown snake and he would have ran over there with his little pistol and shot it for you.