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This snake is hanging out by the front door. Could need help with finding out what kind of snake this is.

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Could need help with finding out what kind of snake this is.

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That is NOT a Banded Krait (which lives in Asia).

It does not look like a venomous snake to me, but that's simply a guess, and guessing is not ideal. There's a guy on twitter, David Steen, who can help you I.D. any snake in the U.S. His twitter handle is @AlongsideWild send him the photo with the question and he can answer it.
 
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Neat looking snake! If you go by head shape probably not poisonous But don't rely on a guess.
 
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I'm not an expert btw just matching pictures to the net. Some of the desert snakes in tx have a similar pattern but the heads look different. I was thinking maybe someone lost a pet?
 
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Thanks for all of the replies. He is gone this morning. His head wasn't triangle shaped and his eyes were round. He wasn't aggressive at all. He was hanging out by the porch light. Its florescent so it doesn't produce much heat. So don't know why he was there. It was raining. Maybe he wanted out of the rain.. lol
 
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The banded form of king snake has no distribution in TX, though a similar, prairie king snake does, slightly different pattern

The northern cat eyed snake looks such a cutey, you might be tempted to handle it. That might not turn out well if a kiddiwink has small soft fingers and it clamps on

Definitely a gem of a critter, tempted by critters drawn to a light....
 
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