If you dampen it or even run it through a bowl of water, then you can spread it out neatly on a piece of cardboard or something, and it will dry nice and straight. Then you can count the subcaudal scales on one side of the body between the vent and tail spike and let us know what number you come up with
. It'll give you an idea of the sex of your snake and add to our growing database. Remember to start near the vent with the first two scales that touch each other from opposite sides of its body.