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Posted on 10/4/17 at 9:48 am
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32535 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 9:48 am

This SOB slid into a classroom at my school which of course sen the kids and teacher into hysterics. He had to go.

ETA: I don't know if this helps, but after I gapped him with the shovel, it stunk.
This post was edited on 10/4/17 at 10:27 am
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 9:50 am to
Hognose?


I really can't say. Thick enough to be venomous but I don't recognize the markings.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16192 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 9:51 am to
Hard to tell from that pic, but I'd guess maybe cottonmouth?
Posted by bluemoons
the marsh
Member since Oct 2012
5511 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 10:03 am to
Looks like a daimondback watersnake.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21692 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 10:09 am to
It's a young plainbelly watersnake.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81618 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 10:10 am to
Not cotton, not diamond. Either hognose or one of the southern watersnakes like yells bellied
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9356 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 11:25 am to
Are its pupils round? If you can get close enough to strike it with a shovel you can tell this information.

If they are, then you could have been a boss instead of a pansy and have just picked it right up and released it somewhere else. I do not understand why people do not understand this.

Especially if it was a hognose (nose/snout kind of turns upward). Those are some of the most chill snakes I've ever had.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21449 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 11:25 am to
Watersnake. Not sure on the exact type though.
Posted by tigereye58
Member since Jan 2007
2668 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 11:28 am to
From a guy that got bit by a water snake I don't pick any snake up. It didn't hurt but scared me.

Looks like a water snake to me. Hard to tell without seeing the underside.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6846 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 11:31 am to
quote:

Either hognose or one of the southern watersnakes like yells bellied


I want it to be a hognose badly for some reason. One of the absolute coolest critters. However, the last couple inches of the tail look nothing like a hognose tail.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32535 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

I want it to be a hognose badly

Based on the shape of the head, not a hognose. the more I look online, it looks like a water snake.
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4501 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 1:48 pm to
A good one.
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
15787 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:16 pm to
its a water moccasin
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2867 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 4:16 pm to
Congrats on the Northern Water snake kill.



Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32535 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 5:49 pm to
He shouldn’t have slithered his punk arse into one of my classrooms. Don’t start none won’t be none
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2867 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 5:54 pm to
OK...I admit...I laughed
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32535 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 6:46 pm to
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24576 posts
Posted on 10/4/17 at 9:34 pm to
Looks exactly like a dead one.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21692 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 11:49 am to
quote:

Northern Water snake


Right genus, but wrong species. See how the blotches near the head don't form bands on the snake he posted? That's how we know it's not a northern water snake (N. sipedon) but it is instead, a juvenile plain bellied water snake (N. erythrogaster). Either way, harmless water snake.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 2:20 pm
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2867 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:33 pm to
I was wondering about that difference between the two.

So in other words I could see the dance floor but couldn't hear the music.

Thanks for the info
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