I don't care what kind of snake it is........I hate them all and I am gone if there's one around. i don't know why GOD even made them, except for the devil. And I hate him also. I'm in Fl. for winter and when ever I go out, it's straight down the middle of the road, with a flash lite in my hand. And I don't go round digging in any place, including flower pots. I mind my own business.