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re: Snake ID please
Posted on 5/20/21 at 11:26 am to LSUsmartass
Posted on 5/20/21 at 11:26 am to LSUsmartass
I am pretty sure it is a water snake, but why is he so not flat and headed?
I think we should kill all of em until they quit trying to be something they are not.
I think we should kill all of em until they quit trying to be something they are not.
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Posted on 5/20/21 at 11:32 am to SportTiger1
quote:Look closely at pic 1. That is classic nerodia. 2 is as well when they puff up. What you don't see is the classic stripe across the head like,
but that head aint right.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 11:35 am to AlxTgr
quote:
the classic stripe across the head
not sure i see the stripes you're referring to? Under the head?
Posted on 5/20/21 at 11:45 am to Barneyrb
quote:
The head outline in the second pic tells me it's a CM
Those water snakes will flatten their heads out like that when they get startled.
ETA It is usually inadvisable for an everyday person to get close enough to a water snake or a mocassin for the common man to be able to tell the difference via a picture.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 11:49 am
Posted on 5/20/21 at 12:05 pm to LSUsmartass
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This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 5/20/21 at 12:30 pm to Chad504boy
From the eye rearward.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 12:58 pm to LSU316
quote:
ETA It is usually inadvisable for an everyday person to get close enough to a water snake or a mocassin for the common man to be able to tell the difference via a picture.
Why not? You can walk faster than either can move. Walk up to him and check him out.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 2:46 pm to LSUsmartass
For the amount of time some people on this board claim to spend outside, very few seem to know shite about snakes.
Why would anyone post that this snake was a water snake without being 100% sure? It clearly is not, it's very clearly a Water Moccasin, and this guy's wife could have gotten fricked up with that bad info.
Why would anyone post that this snake was a water snake without being 100% sure? It clearly is not, it's very clearly a Water Moccasin, and this guy's wife could have gotten fricked up with that bad info.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 3:00 pm to UPT
My $ on CM. To me the flattened body lends itself more to CM than WS. I will say that his banding is rather prominent for a mature CM (usually look more black when they get bigger/older, bands fade). Either way; he's a dead serpent if I encounter him.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 3:22 pm to UPT
quote:Good question, but it absolutely is.
Why would anyone post that this snake was a water snake without being 100% sure?
quote:Not only is it not clearly a water moccasin, it's not a water moccasin at all.
It clearly is not, it's very clearly a Water Moccasin
Posted on 5/20/21 at 3:26 pm to UPT
quote:
For the amount of time some people on this board claim to spend outside, very few seem to know shite about snakes.
Look in the mirror, buddy. You’re throwing a lot of shade for a dude that clearly doesn’t “know shite about snakes.”
It’s a banded water snake. Be better.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 3:27 pm to UPT
For the amount of confidence some people seem to have, why the hell would anyone post their answer while being 100% wrong?
No, because she had it killed before the post was even made.
quote:
and this guy's wife could have gotten fricked up with that bad info.
No, because she had it killed before the post was even made.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:12 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
but it absolutely is.
No, it absolutely is not.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:23 pm to AlxTgr
Yea the pattern was screaming banded watersnake but what was getting me was the shade of the head. Was just looking CMish from the pic. I would put monies on a banded water snake.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:24 pm to NOLAGT
quote:Yeah, saw that. Shape in pic one is dead give away though. CM can't make that shape.
the shade of the head
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:27 pm to NOLAGT
Oh, and look at tail length. Cottons of that size don't have that.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:27 pm to UPT
quote:it is 100 percent a water snake.
For the amount of time some people on this board claim to spend outside, very few seem to know shite about snakes.
Why would anyone post that this snake was a water snake without being 100% sure? It clearly is not, it's very clearly a Water Moccasin, and this guy's wife could have gotten fricked up with that bad info.
Way to go w the bullshite intro though.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:30 pm to NOLAGT
quote:
Yea the pattern was screaming banded watersnake
It really matters geographically where this picture was taken.
These snakes patterns change wildly depending on location and age.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:31 pm to UPT
Doesn't matter, it's not a cotton mouth.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:32 pm to AlxTgr
Kill it just for looking like a moccasin
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