Snake?

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>>2418068
As far as I know there are only two species of poisonous snake, the Japanese grass snake (Rhabdophis tigrinus) and the common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis).

Everything else should be safe to consume, after appropriate cooking of course. Do not eat raw meat from wild animals.

Be careful when catching the snake though, its bite might be venomous.

Enjoy your meal!

Probably not venomous. Only venomous species in Florida that is mostly black is the cottonmouth, and i don't think it's very likely to find one in a rodent burrow on residential property. It could be one of several non-venomous; garter, black racer, southern ring-necked, banded water snake, something like that.

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>>2418079
Huh. Interesting. I've been bitten by common garter snakes before. They itched a little. Neat. Is it deadly to small animals? Fast enough to incapacitate them? It's so little.

As for OP, it's fine. Whatever it is I doubt it's aggressive. Most snakes rather run away and it's easy to tell if I snake is an position where it might strike.
It's probably just a racer or a ratsnake. Completely harmless and good to have around.

>>2418091
Thank you. I'm a yankee in exile and Floridian wildlife is terrifying.