>>2836460
Unironically yes.
I have an Auduban reptile field guide that I got as a kid some 35 years ago and I check off everything I've found. If I can get a good 100% identifiable look at a snake ill leave it be but normally I'll have to catch it and take some pics to later verify exactly what it is.
Like "was it a juvenile DeKay's snake or a ringneck??"
Pic is a Dekay's hatching btw.