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Snake ID
Posted on 5/12/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 5/12/25 at 12:52 pm
Looks like a cottonmouth but I’m no expert so I came here
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Posted on 5/12/25 at 12:56 pm to Winston Cup
Ole HogNose!
I haven't seen one in years. Generally, when you scare them, they will roll over and play dead.
Picked up many of them as kid thinking they were dead, brought them inside to show parents (not the smartest idea), only when i got back to where i left the snake (when going to grab parents) the snake would be gone (many a time in the house). Side note: my mother is to this day horrified of snakes.
Tl;dr: hognose, non-venomous, good to have around house
I haven't seen one in years. Generally, when you scare them, they will roll over and play dead.
Picked up many of them as kid thinking they were dead, brought them inside to show parents (not the smartest idea), only when i got back to where i left the snake (when going to grab parents) the snake would be gone (many a time in the house). Side note: my mother is to this day horrified of snakes.
Tl;dr: hognose, non-venomous, good to have around house
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:15 pm to dpier16
HogNose...really pretty one
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:17 pm to Winston Cup
It would be a lot better if non-poisonous snakes had a very distinctive mark or something like that. I don't have time to stare at a snake to determine if it's about to kill me or not. Too many non-poisonous snakes look like poisonous ones.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:24 pm to Winston Cup
Looks like he recently ate too. Probably a small mouse in his belly
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:30 pm to Mstate
Toad probably
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:31 pm to dpier16
quote:
: hognose, non-venomous, good to have around house
you're 100% right, not dangerous to anyone at all, but they do indeed have venom. its pretty neat. they are rear fang snakes. so their fangs are in the back of their mouths and they kinda chew their venom in. its pretty weak so unless your a frog or small mouse, no problems. Hence the whole playing dead thing instead of biting usually.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:39 pm to terriblegreen
quote:
Too many non-poisonous snakes look like poisonous ones.
In some cases this is true, but for the most part it's pretty easy to tell a venomous snake from a non-venomous snake. One thing about them is most venomous snakes just look mean (i wouldn't base my identification on just that, just like the shape of the head can be very misleading, but its a start). Take a cottonmouth and a water snake for example, and there is just something about the cottonmouth that says "hey i'm an a-hole, stay away".
Just to give an example of what I'm talking about top photo is a banded water snake, bottom is a cottonmouth
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:49 pm to Winston Cup
Opossum
Posted on 5/12/25 at 1:53 pm to terriblegreen
quote:
It would be a lot better if non-poisonous snakes
Can't get poisoned if you don't eat them.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 2:04 pm to Winston Cup
These things are big weenies and will flip over to show you their belly if you aggravate them
Posted on 5/12/25 at 2:20 pm to caro81
quote:Not only that, these are tied for #1 on the least bitey snake list for me.
its pretty weak so unless your a frog or small mouse, no problems. Hence the whole playing dead thing instead of biting usually.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 2:31 pm to AlxTgr
Is the most bitey snake on your list a chicken snake? bc they are on mine hahaha
Posted on 5/12/25 at 2:46 pm to dpier16
quote:Rats are up there, but diamond back water snake and butter milk racer are probably 1a and 1b.
Is the most bitey snake on your list a chicken snake?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 3:56 pm to terriblegreen
quote:
It would be a lot better if non-poisonous snakes had a very distinctive mark or something like that. I don't have time to stare at a snake to determine if it's about to kill me or not. Too many non-poisonous snakes look like poisonous ones.
not for the snake.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:14 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Not only that, these are tied for #1 on the least bitey snake list for me.
whats other one?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:16 pm to caro81
quote:Mud snake.
whats other one?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:18 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Mud snake.
Cannot make them bite. My kids have tried
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:38 pm to Winston Cup
It's hognose. Mess with it and it will turn over and play dead. Is it still alive?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 8:41 pm to Winston Cup
Man, I couldn’t let that big SOB be hanging around my house.
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