Date: 5/17/26 11:13 am From: Anita Schnee <000003224553d416-dmarc-request...> Subject: A lovely herp
Joe Neal kindly helped us, over here at the Brown Farm in east Fayetteville, to ID a snake that had invited itself into Josh's house through an open window and coiled around Josh's son's lamp. Pantherophis emoryi, a subspecies of corn snake. On the Herps of AR page, iNaturalist says it's "uncommon" in our area. It reports only snakes examined as roadkill [sob]. So it makes me happier than I can say that "our" little guy appeared to be in perfect health. Waited patiently until we were done oohing and ahhing over it. Josh then released it into the high grass in the front meadow and it slithered off.
Notice the bandit stripe across "his" eyes. Unbelievably cool.
Giving great thanks to all humans and herps involved --Anita Schnee
