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ID this Snake

Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:37 pm
Posted by Sweetness
BR
Member since Mar 2006
542 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:37 pm
My rat trap in my yard caught him. Anyone know what kind it is? Venomous?

This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 4:47 pm
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
15724 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:41 pm to
Banded water snake? I'm not an expert though.
Posted by AyyyBaw
Member since Jan 2020
1176 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:04 pm to
Water snake. Look at the lines on the jaw. Non venomous
Posted by dek81572
Bossier City
Member since Apr 2012
1142 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:23 pm to
Looks like a rattleheadedcoppermoccasin to me!
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
8715 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:24 pm to
GDKG baw
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7894 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:54 pm to
Friendly boy for sure
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5773 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:24 pm to
Non venomous water snake.
Posted by uaslick
Tuscaloosa
Member since May 2011
1062 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 6:19 am to
Could be, but I think it’s a cotton head rattle moccasin- a close cousin.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
87169 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:40 am to
Clearly an albino massacre snek.

OT but do those rat traps actually work? I have a whole coven of rats underneath my backyard shed and this set up would be great if it worked.
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
21463 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:48 am to
quote:

My rat trap in my yard caught him. Anyone know what kind it is? Venomous?

Are you telling me that you opened a rat trap, saw a snake that large, and didn't immediately perish?!
Posted by HeartAttackTiger
Member since Sep 2009
514 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:04 am to
Not a snake fan. Most that I come across wind up dead.
Posted by PureBlood
The Motherland
Member since Oct 2021
4902 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:16 am to
Definitely the illusive juvenile copperhead
Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
530 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

OT but do those rat traps actually work?


Yes, but sometimes you have to install them in pairs.
Had rats in my attic a few years ago.
Set a large spring trap and the little fricker was able to take the bait. Installed TWO traps the next night.
I heard them both go off. SNAP!...SNAP! He evaded the first one but the second one got him.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84570 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:53 pm to
quote:

Look at the lines on the jaw
Very important.

Looks to be Nerodia of some sort.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
58711 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 11:12 pm to
Can’t tell….I am not used to seeing them with their head attached.
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16168 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:30 am to
I want to know what material the fence is that didn't burn when the flamethrower hit it...
Posted by The Dude Abides
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2010
2260 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 9:14 am to
quote:

Looks like a rattleheadedcoppermoccasin to me!


i dont' know man, looks more like a cottoheadrattleracer to me.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 9:47 am to
quote:

Water snake. Look at the lines on the jaw. Non venomous


This 100%
Posted by Fe_Mike
Member since Jul 2015
3564 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 2:39 pm to
Definitely a water snake. I think a plain bellied, but kind of tough to tell from this picture. He's dark.

Save him, he's worth 10 of those rat traps and will never bother you.
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