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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Indicate the geographic location in the title [using square brackets].
• Take the clearest and most detailed photos possible.
• Indicate the rough size.
• If you're looking for an ID of a shed skin, please provide a closeup of the head, scales along the back, and the bottom of the tail if possible.
• Provide any other information you feel could help!
• This is a place to foster understanding and appreciation of snakes. Posts about how you purposely killed a snake or how snakes should be killed are not met warmly.

IDing TIPS

• Don't make blind/random guesses. Our goal is to provide positive leads; false leads are counter-productive, e.g. "similar looking" is rarely good enough at the species level. If one is unfamiliar with the taxon, practice diligence, e.g. check other members of the taxon, as well as those of higher taxa. Especially for medically significant snakes, if you aren't 100% sure, leave the ID to someone more knowledgeable.
• If you know better, explain why using (ideally) discrete diagnostic characters.
• Cite/Link a source or point out a diagnostic character whenever possible.

Related Subreddits

• /r/snakes
• /r/herpetology
• /r/HerpetologicalScience