First one of the year

yea the King Snake is the BEST snake... they also come in stripes, black,yellow/white, and red... like a coral snake, which we have here

Some species of kingsnake, such as the scarlet kingsnake, have coloration and patterning that can cause them to be confused with the venomous coral snakes. One mnemonic rhymes to help people distinguish between the coral snake and its nonvenomous look-alikes is "Red touch yellow, kills a fellow. Red touch black, friend of Jack."

now you will also so large gopher and garden snakes, here they look really close to Diamond backs, but you can tell they are not becasue they have a smooth head, and no rattles...

Vipers as have a very visual key, the Arrow shaped head, bad news...