the boys found this in the pool skimmer swimming around,is it a chicken or corn snake, not for sure what kind it is,thanks.

It's a type of king snake. Harmless.
Red on yellow, kill a fellow.
Red on black, friend of jack.

isn't that phrase refering to a coral snake.

It's a king snake.

The phrase above..."red on yellow, kill a fellow", "red on black, lucky jack" is used to tell the difference between a coral snake and king snake.

Red on Yellow is the Coral Snake.
Red on Black is the King Snake.

Also, I'm almost certain that Coral Snakes don't get longer than about a foot. We have them here in Eastern NC, and I've never seen one much larger than that.

Looks about right.

http://www.enature.com/flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=AR0101

think your right, i zoomed in and the patterns are close, mine is a bit bigger, would it be right to find him in the pool.

yea coral snakes are short not nearly that long

Scarlet King Snake.

thanks guys for the info. since it was a king snake, and harmless,i told the boys to let it go, he was one lucky critter.

Great - now that we know what type of snake we're looking at, lets talk about the heart on the ground next to it. Where did that come from? I can't believe I'm the first to mention it.