Not a snake :) But this is one of the common things we see while out looking for snakes at night. Similar to snakes, however, they get a lot of stories about their "aggression" that's all a big misunderstanding.

A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake protests its capture, not knowing that Josh's next action was to release it into suitable replacement microhabitat that emulated the situation of its capture at a home near Tucson.