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Originally Posted by jyl

Unless it is a rattler or the like, I’d leave it - free rodent control.

Yep, most likely it's not venomous. You're in FL, right? For some reason, that rings a bell.

If you are in FL, the options for venomous are copperhead, cotton mouth/moccasin, rattler and coral snake (basically the same as Texas). I'm sure that you've got far, far more "harmless" snakes around, racers, rat snakes, coach whips, etc.... Pretty much all of the snakes eat pests (rats, mice, etc....) and a bunch of them will eat other snakes (non-venomous will eat venomous if they can over-power them)

Try to get a picture. We'll get it identified.

Also, your best bet for getting rid of it is to wait until it's not there, and then fill it's spot with something else (gravel maybe).