Help Identify Blue Snake
WHILE out on my walk I saw a dead snake on the side of the road. It was a baby snake, maybe 10 inches long. It was powder blue in color. I live on the south shore of Massachusetts and have never seen anything like it before. After some research I have come up with nothing. The only blue snake I found was in California. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Gail Smyth
I don't know of a powder blue snake, Gail. Your encounter reminds me of the lady that called the Nature Center having found a five foot long green snake in her garage. I told her that we don't have any five foot long green snakes in Maryland. She brought it over...it was five feet long and it was green and it was a beautiful Python that had either escaped or was released by a snake/pet keeper. I'm thinking that your snake may have a similar origin.
As an aside, I had a college classmate that taught for 23 years in Rowley.
Jack.
Posted by: Jack Lewnes | October 18, 2008 at 06:28 PM
I have nothing to do with the "college" pop-up in the last line of my reply...but you can bet I'll find a way to stop it. This computer is only about two weeks old and I still have a lot to learn about it. Sorry!
Posted by: Jack Lewnes | October 18, 2008 at 06:31 PM
Hello Gail,
Check out this link about a green snake that turns blue after it dies.
http://rurality.blogspot.com/2005/09/blue-snake.html
Hope this helps
Susan
Posted by: Susan B | October 19, 2008 at 02:54 PM
So, Gail, Alabama?
Posted by: Jack | October 22, 2008 at 07:55 PM