"Red touching black is a friend of Jack, red touching yellow can kill a fellow." This refers to the red, black and yellow rings around the coral snake. If the yellow and red rings are touching, you have a coral snake. If the red and black rings are touching, you probably have one of 25 subspecies of the king snakes.
Northern Black Racer
the redhawk snake. found only in the united states area.
the pattern of a pine snake is rings
black snake
The black mamba snake is found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa all have populations of black mamba
Probaly a black rat snake. ------ Black rat snakes are common in the southern US and are not venomous.
A location is needed to correctly identify the snake species. Where is it found.
Several types of vipers, and (less commonly) adder, ringed snake, black cobra.
More than likely, this snake was a Common King snake. These snakes are not venomous and generally live on the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains.
That picture is of a prairie ringkneck snake. Goto google and search ringkneck snake.
Given the vague description - Either a Gopher snake or a King snake - neither of which are venomous.