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Snake ID
Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:27 am
Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:27 am
What am I looking at here...
- 12-18 inches
- SOB's head flattened out pretty much when I approached him
- head got about twice as wide as his body when he flattened it
- I am in Texas
I thought it was just a chicken snake but I dont think that I have ever seen ones head flatten out as much as this one did...wish I could of gotten a pick of it while it was flat.
- 12-18 inches
- SOB's head flattened out pretty much when I approached him
- head got about twice as wide as his body when he flattened it
- I am in Texas
I thought it was just a chicken snake but I dont think that I have ever seen ones head flatten out as much as this one did...wish I could of gotten a pick of it while it was flat.
This post was edited on 5/9/15 at 11:32 am
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Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:35 am to StinkDog12
ahhh the elusive cottonback water-rattler
Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:37 am to StinkDog12
Looks like a rat snake to me.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:48 am to StinkDog12
I can't see shite on my phone but flattening out the head sounds like hog nose snake.
Looks like a rat snake but bad pic.
Looks like a rat snake but bad pic.
This post was edited on 5/9/15 at 11:51 am
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:00 pm to StinkDog12
King snake
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:04 pm to StinkDog12
I agree with Rize. Looks like a juvenile hog-nosed snake.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:20 pm to Sasquatch Smash
I'm sticking with rat snake. They also flatten their heads and will also shake their tails to mimic a rattle snake. Dorothy will be here at some point to give us the answer.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:21 pm to Sasquatch Smash
Pine or hog nose.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:33 pm to Rize
quote:
hog nose snake
I think it's an Eastern Hognose, like this one:
Rectangle blocks don't look enough like a rat snake when I enlarged the original pic on my iPad. Mr. Dot is out herping right now but will be along shortly to correct me.
OP, what part of Texas?
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:35 pm to StinkDog12
I blew a hog nose's head off when I was about 13 thinking it was a damn king cobra!
Posted on 5/9/15 at 12:54 pm to Dorothy
Thanks for all of the feedback everyone!
Dorthy - I am in The Woodlands
eta...really looks like that hog nose in your picture...look at the coloring on the head...it is identical.
Dorthy - I am in The Woodlands
eta...really looks like that hog nose in your picture...look at the coloring on the head...it is identical.
This post was edited on 5/9/15 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 5/9/15 at 9:12 pm to StinkDog12
They're great snakes. I haven't seen one in decades but we used to keep them as kids. They'd get so docile they wouldn't cobra for you after awhile.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 11:49 pm to Captain Rumbeard
hognose snakes are awesome
we always had one when we were kids
you could bike ride to lewisberg from mandeville and there would always be a few to find
they will roll over and play dead if you don't fall for the king cobra routine
we always had one when we were kids
you could bike ride to lewisberg from mandeville and there would always be a few to find
they will roll over and play dead if you don't fall for the king cobra routine
Posted on 5/10/15 at 7:32 am to cgrand
Best snakes ever.
Posted on 5/10/15 at 10:20 am to AlxTgr
They love them some toads - hard to feed them year-round. Had one eat 5 large toads in one feeding. Had some who would pull all the tricks, some who wouldn't. My dad used to catch them in New Orleans East. None to be found south of the green bridge (i.e. In da Patish).
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