What kind of snake is yellow with black stripes and a diamond on its back colored in black.?

Question

What kind of snake is yellow with black stripes and a diamond on its back colored in black.?

Answer 1

It would help to know where you live. What you call "diamonds" I might call "chevrons" and someone else might call "blotches". Your best bet is to do a search on "<your state> snake identification" and go from there, or go to your local library or a book store (whichever is closest) and take a look through a field guide until you see the snake you saw.

Answer 2

http://www.herper.com/reptiles/snakes.ht...

http://snaketracks.com/

Answer 3

Yellow Rat snake

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