This is a Cayman Brown Racer Snake that Jim caught today.

Obviously you can tell from the proximity of my bare feet it was a terrifying ordeal.

If you catch them they become very docile and let you handle them quite calmly. So after showing it to the cats, who were bemused, to Nana who is phobic and to Poppy who was intrigued but happy to be a few feet away we released it once more into the garden and it went along its merry way.