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Snake ID Request
Posted on 2/20/23 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 2/20/23 at 9:52 pm
Can anyone tell me what this is? It's about 12-18 inches long in BTR.
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Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:00 pm to MikeBRLA
Looks like a DeKays Brown Snake to me. Harmless.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:29 pm to BFIV
DeKay’s.
For future reference, particularly for anyone mistaking this for a copperhead… a distinctive feature of the copperhead that aids in identification is…well…a copper head.
On a related note, got my first catch of the year today. 2 trips on my creek but no cottons yet, but on the trail back to my house I caught a feisty black racer. He was all dusty so must have just come out of brumation from his winter burrow.
For future reference, particularly for anyone mistaking this for a copperhead… a distinctive feature of the copperhead that aids in identification is…well…a copper head.
On a related note, got my first catch of the year today. 2 trips on my creek but no cottons yet, but on the trail back to my house I caught a feisty black racer. He was all dusty so must have just come out of brumation from his winter burrow.
This post was edited on 2/20/23 at 10:34 pm
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:49 pm to BFIV
quote:
Looks like a DeKays Brown Snake to me. Harmless.
Concur.
Looks nothing like a copperhead.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:57 pm to MikeBRLA
Dead.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 12:03 am to MikeBRLA
DeKays
Posted on 2/21/23 at 7:02 am to lsucoonass26
ground rattler
Posted on 2/21/23 at 7:24 am to kook
quote:
ground rattler
Dekays, like everyone has said.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 7:25 am to BFIV
Thanks for the replies everyone. I have ribbon snakes in my yard pretty frequently and my dog likes to "play" with them. I caught my dog playing with this little fella and I didn't recognize what it was so I was a little concerned for my dog. 
Posted on 2/21/23 at 7:50 am to Taxman2010
quote:you might wanna refrain from posing in snake ID requests.
Juvenile copperhead.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 8:04 am to TigrrrDad
quote:
a distinctive feature of the copperhead that aids in identification is…well…a copper head
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:14 am to kook
quote:
ground rattler
Posted on 2/21/23 at 10:29 am to AlxTgr
It would be a dead one!!!
Posted on 2/21/23 at 11:31 am to MikeBRLA
Dekays. Absolutely harmless. Eats bugs. Leave him alone.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 12:01 pm to MikeBRLA
With the head and eyes, you can usually tell if they are dangerous. Of course there are exceptions but if it has a small head and round eyes, it's going to be harmless. If it has a larger triangle head and slit eyes, it's dangerous.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 12:54 pm to kook
quote:
ground rattler
That's what my old grandma (RIP) would call just about every snake. Garter snakes and speckled kings she knew were not "ground rattlers" but everything else was.
Then I'd go to my dad...and he'd properly identify it.
Posted on 2/21/23 at 3:36 pm to MikeBRLA
Looks like a rat or corn snake to me.
Posted on 2/22/23 at 5:46 am to MikeBRLA
DeKay's brown. I had one that hung around my garden. This spring when I started working on my beds, I found him mummified and stuck in some garden netting. I miss him. 
Posted on 2/22/23 at 7:59 am to ChenierauTigre
quote:
I found him mummified and stuck in some garden nettin
I stopped netting my blackberries after I found a big one wrapped up in it. need these guys around.
This post was edited on 2/22/23 at 8:00 am
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