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Originally Posted by bestmickey
As I've noted in previous posts, I hatehatehate and fearfearfear snakes Big Time! What concerns me is that in other posts on TOTV, many Villages' residents have stated they have "small black snakes" on their premises. I just viewed a website which describes Florida's venomous snakes, and the adult Cottonmouth is a "small black snake". While there are non-venemous "small black snakes", I don't plan to get close enough to any snake to be able to determine the difference. All I can now say is YIKES! :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
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Most of the small black snakes in TV would be black racers.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology...onstrictor.htm An adult cottonmouth would have a thicker body and probably would not be all black.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology...E/Venomsnk.htm