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re: interesting discussion about snake ID
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:21 pm to faxis
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:21 pm to faxis
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I had a few instances of being caught in the middle of a mess of them while bow hunting in October so I didn't have a gun. Would spot one on a creek wall I was slipping down then I'd see another, and another, and another, and another.... All around me and I still had to get out of there without getting bit.
Ok now I got the creeps! I remember similar instances, very unsettling to see them all around you
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:52 pm to meauxjeaux2
I vote not a moccassin
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:04 pm to meauxjeaux2
Ok, you know I had to jump in here...I asked the husband snake-freak sitting on the couch, and he agrees with AlxTgr, that it's a Banded Water snake (Nerodia fasciata). He says it looks more like the kind found a little farther east, not like the Broad-Banded ones you would normally find around here though.
Where was this picture taken?
Where was this picture taken?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:09 pm to Dorothy
quote:I've realized I should not have included the broad. It's not that.
He says it looks more like the kind found a little farther east, not like the Broad-Banded ones you would normally find around here though.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:25 pm to Dorothy
In Louisiana
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:42 pm to meauxjeaux2
Looks like a mocassin ...they float on top the water and I'ved seen 2 with fis in their mouths like that.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:42 pm to Dorothy
Originally thought copperhead. I have had them submerge to get a bream on a stringer before. They will not only go in water, they will even go under.
More times than not, water snakes are mistaken for moccasins. The coloration of this picture, along with the lack of head and eye shape, make it hard to call.
After zooming the eye, I would officially have to go with water snake.
More times than not, water snakes are mistaken for moccasins. The coloration of this picture, along with the lack of head and eye shape, make it hard to call.
After zooming the eye, I would officially have to go with water snake.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:46 pm to meauxjeaux2
6 pages for a broad banded water snake 
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:13 pm to meauxjeaux2
It's not a moccasin (colors aren' right)' The body is too skinny and the head ain't right.
Same reasonw it's not a copperhead.
My guess is it's a watersnake.
Same reasonw it's not a copperhead.
My guess is it's a watersnake.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 7:44 am to gismap
quote:is that the consensus?
6 pages for a broad banded water snake
Juvenile Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti AKA- Florida Cottonmouth
This post was edited on 5/11/11 at 7:46 am
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:06 am to choupiquesushi
copper head
..didn't realize thete were this many dumbass's on this board...obviously, those that do not recognize this snake, can't be true outdoorsman...
..didn't realize thete were this many dumbass's on this board...obviously, those that do not recognize this snake, can't be true outdoorsman...Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:09 am to meauxjeaux2
quote:No, it can't be broad banded. It's the plain Banded. Those saying copper head are retarded.
is that the consensus?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:31 am to meauxjeaux2
Going with banded water snake, definitely not a copperhead like mentioned above.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:02 am to CoastalReb
Whatever it is, it needs to die.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:04 am to tiger chaser
quote:
copper head
..didn't realize thete were this many dumbass's on this board...obviously, those that do not recognize this snake, can't be true outdoorsman...
Mother fricker, I'll fight you with my judge and we'll see who the dumb arse is.
Oh, and if you're going to insult people's intelligence, please use the actual plural form of dumbasses. Also, the name is copperhead, not copper head. Thanks for playing, fricktard.
This post was edited on 5/11/11 at 11:11 am
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:11 am to tiger chaser
quote:
copper head
..didn't realize thete were this many dumbass's on this board...obviously, those that do not recognize this snake, can't be true outdoorsman...
Negative...
quote:
your brain has a thin candy shell.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:17 am to meauxjeaux2
No new pics, Meaux?
In the second pic, the juvenile cottonmouth banding is different. The banding has a light inside surrounded by a darker outline on the bands where the snake in question has similar shaped bands, but solid coloring.
In the second pic, the juvenile cottonmouth banding is different. The banding has a light inside surrounded by a darker outline on the bands where the snake in question has similar shaped bands, but solid coloring.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:24 am to Clyde Tipton
Tommy Boy. 
Posted on 5/11/11 at 12:49 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:nope. The guy hasn't come back with any more pics.
No new pics, Meaux?
I still think it's a cottonmouth.Too many similarities with the shapes of the bands.
I'm not really paying too much attention to the colors since the snake is in the water.
Also notice the hoods over the eyes of the snake in question.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:13 pm to meauxjeaux2
quote:
looks like it might have a arrowhead-shaped head which usually means poisonous...
yep, my bet would be water moccison, I have shot enough of them bastards in my life and thats what i think it is.
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