Here’s a picture of the snake that was weed-whacked to death at the Honolulu Airport on Wednesday. 

Dept. of Ag officials are still trying to identify it. 

Here’s the DOA’s description of events: 

A two-foot-long snake was weed-whacked to death this morning near the airport area around Nimitz Highway and Valkenburg Ave.  A landscaping crew from Island Landscaping was cutting grass along the on-ramp to the freeway at about 8:45 a.m. when the snake was injured by the weed-whacker.  The snake died soon after.  The crew called police and inspectors from the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), who retrieved the dead snake.

The age, sex and species of the snake have not been determined at this time. It is not known how the snake got there. 

 It’s illegal to possess or transport snakes to Hawaii — the maximum penalty is $200,000 and three years in prison.