Identifying snakes is a hobby that many share, but it isn’t always the easiest. Today, we are going to be looking through most of the common black snakes with yellow stripes in order to help you ...

In other variations, these snakes can be striped and come in shades of gray, black, and even orange (in Florida).

As with the coal black tree snake, ... Another new snake species has orange eyes. On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, ...

Characteristics: Western rat snakes are among the largest snakes in Iowa, reaching 4 to 6 feet in length. The longest recorded was 8 feet 7 inches. They are generally dark, though rarely pitch black.