Snakes, often feared, are crucial for ecosystem balance. Most species are non-venomous, controlling rodent and insect ...

5. Black Pine Snake The black pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) is native to the pine forests of southern Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Louisiana.As the name suggests, black pine ...

The Aesculapian snake can grow up to 6ft (1.8m) but the largest spotted here has been about 4ft 11in (1.5m). The rat-eating reptiles ... But they have been as far north as north Wales before." ...

said it was likely to be a Northern water snake - a non-venomous grass snake from North America. Nikki O'Keefe The snake is thought to have been a Northern water snake, like this one photographed ...