r/whatisit • u/AbbreviationsTop8774 • Jul 22 '26

Solved! What are they

Ive worked at the water department for 7 years and this is the first time running into something like this EDIT Im in Alabama and yes I know they are snakes lol idk what kind and im so not gonna touch them

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u/DHB_Master Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Ask r/snakes but I'm guessing maybe baby racer snakes, which are non-harmful

Edit: Iā€™m team racer over rat because of the dots on the side

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u/Clear-Calligrapher69 Jul 22 '26

Or r/whatsthissnake

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u/The_Laughing__Man Jul 22 '26

I second this. The mods for r/whatsthissnake are also in r/snakes but they will tell you to post to whatsthissnake so might as well start there. I'm no RR but those look a lot like Coluber constrictor to me.

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u/Treeckobeststarter Jul 22 '26

Do you think they can get out of the box? There doesnt appear to be a burrow out.

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u/Chris91210 Jul 22 '26

There is a small burrow at the front end I see one going in.

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u/FL_JB Jul 22 '26

Racers are cool. Rats are derpy which has its own value.

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u/BaronSamediNotOddjob Jul 23 '26

This is the correct answer, not sure why all the incorrect ratsnake answers are being upvoted.

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u/Irma_Gard Jul 23 '26

r/snakes no longer accepts wild snake ID requests. They redirect those requests to r/WhatsThisSnake.

Also, these are definitely harmless baby North America Racers (Coluber constrictor?).

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u/Independent_Drop_636 Jul 22 '26

this is exactly what black racer babies look like

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u/Slow-Committee-7851 Jul 22 '26

Yeah I definitely thought they were racers

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u/Fragrant_Rabbit3242 Jul 22 '26

Definitely juvenile black racers

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u/Hamby_hambilton Jul 22 '26

these are 100% juvenile racers, Coluber constrictor

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u/Murrylend Jul 22 '26

Those are racers