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Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:31 pm to Korkstand
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Well we already have 2 cats and a leopard gecko, so I turned this snake loose next to a ditch right outside the 'hood.
Snake is harmless
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:36 pm to Dead End
quote:Point was the snake probably wouldn't have lasted long had we kept it. He's better off outside.
Snake is harmless
None of our pets are "mine", yet I'm the one always feeding and cleaning up after them. Funny how that works.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:45 pm to Korkstand
Looks like a worm snake.
I caught one years ago, tiny fella, couldn’t hurt anyone.
I was showing it to my boy. He was a baby then and just learning to talk. I asked him if he could say snake.
I’m sharing this personal moment because...the results were pretty hilarious
ETA: dammit. The true hilarity is lost without the sound. How do I post a video?
Say Snake
Figured it out. You have to tap for sound
I caught one years ago, tiny fella, couldn’t hurt anyone.
I was showing it to my boy. He was a baby then and just learning to talk. I asked him if he could say snake.
I’m sharing this personal moment because...the results were pretty hilarious
ETA: dammit. The true hilarity is lost without the sound. How do I post a video?
Say Snake
Figured it out. You have to tap for sound
This post was edited on 5/22/19 at 12:00 am
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:50 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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but if you blow up the second photo in the OP, you'll see that it has keeled scales
I'll take your word for it. At 500% I can't make out a clear medial line on some of the scales that seem to be best represented, others it appears that there could be a medial line but I can't be certain. Again you may be on a bigger monitor and/or have more ability to zoom.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:55 pm to Obtuse1
Sorry guys, I'll take better pics next time.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 12:07 am to Korkstand
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Sorry guys, I'll take better pics next time.
In general, they were very good and certainly not taken with a potato. If you knew to get great shots of the scales to show medial lines or of the face to indicate for example the absence or existence of loreal scales then you probably wouldn't need help identifying a common snake.
The best way to positively identify a snake is by using a local identification key but to use it easily you will have to know (or teach yourself) things like keeled scales and the different types of ventral and subcaudal scales along with the variations in anal plates. Some herps are easy to identify and some can be quite involved when differentiating species or sub-species.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 12:19 am to BowlJackson
Pupils can be round in venomous snakes. Their eyes dilate too.
Posted on 5/22/19 at 12:44 am to Korkstand
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Point was the snake probably wouldn't have lasted long had we kept it. He's better off outside.
I agree. I wasn't disputing that.
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None of our pets are "mine", yet I'm the one always feeding and cleaning up after them. Funny how that works.
No kids, so I wouldn't know. Snap them inline.
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