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Snake ID… thanks
Posted on 9/26/24 at 3:13 am
Posted on 9/26/24 at 3:13 am
What do I have here? It’s currently alive. Thanks
This post was edited on 9/26/24 at 3:30 am
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Posted on 9/26/24 at 5:27 am to Ron Cheramie
Here we go
Posted on 9/26/24 at 5:57 am to habz007
It is definitely a non-venomous watersnake
This post was edited on 9/26/24 at 5:58 am
Posted on 9/26/24 at 6:35 am to habz007
Nerodia rhombifer. The picture online looks just like it.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 8:44 am to habz007
grey rat snake
Posted on 9/26/24 at 8:48 am to PutTheWomacOnEm01
GDCK!
(No, diamondback water snake.)
(No, diamondback water snake.)
Posted on 9/26/24 at 8:58 am to AyyyBaw
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It is definitely a non-venomous watersnake
I am learning to better ID snakes. First things I noticed were narrow head and round pupils.
Are there any other indicators from these pictures?
Posted on 9/26/24 at 9:03 am to habz007
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What do I have here? It’s currently alive. Thanks
Leave it alive! Thanks.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 9:40 am to StonewallJack
quote:Thin for length, especially the tail. The pattern screams diamond back.
Are there any other indicators from these pictures?
quote:FWIW, I do not ever look at pupils, and the only time head comes into play is with cottons and coppers, as those have a very distinctive look.
First things I noticed were narrow head and round pupils.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 11:20 am to AlxTgr
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Thin for length, especially the tail. The pattern screams diamond back.
So venomous snakes will have consistent girth from head to tail?
Posted on 9/26/24 at 12:40 pm to habz007
What you have there is Nerodia Rhombifer.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 12:43 pm to StonewallJack
This post was edited on 9/26/24 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 9/26/24 at 1:22 pm to StonewallJack
quote:Not necessarily and depends on genus, but the water snakes are most often confused with cottons and cottons are thick as a bowl of oatmeal.
So venomous snakes will have consistent girth from head to tail?
Posted on 9/26/24 at 2:20 pm to habz007
Good lord. Don't listen to these dudes. That's a damn ground rattler. Take the longest object nearest you and bludgeon it till it's dead. Or you tear a rotator cuff.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 2:24 pm to Ron Cheramie
Thanks for the ID.
I was taking garbage to the road very late after work. It was in the driveway.
I saw the Diamond back pattern and immediately looked down at its tail for a rattle, haha. I’ve never personally encountered diamondback water snake, so I learned something today. But I was pleased enough with the look of its head and tail to let it live. It seemed very docile.
When I came back from rolling the garbage can to the road, it was gone.
I was taking garbage to the road very late after work. It was in the driveway.
I saw the Diamond back pattern and immediately looked down at its tail for a rattle, haha. I’ve never personally encountered diamondback water snake, so I learned something today. But I was pleased enough with the look of its head and tail to let it live. It seemed very docile.
When I came back from rolling the garbage can to the road, it was gone.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 3:41 pm to habz007
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When I came back from rolling the garbage can to the road, it was gone
You will find that most snakes will exhibit that same behavior if you leave them an escape route, even the venomous ones. They really don't want anything to do with a human.
And for the downvoters scared of snakes, please feel free to. Bunch of punk bitches.
Posted on 9/26/24 at 6:09 pm to habz007
Looks like a water snake, could be a grey rat.
100% not venomous either way
100% not venomous either way
Posted on 9/26/24 at 8:54 pm to Ron Cheramie
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Diamond backed watersnake
First reply nailed it - you don’t see that everyday on a snake id thread.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 12:48 pm to StonewallJack
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First things I noticed were narrow head and round pupils.
If there was a side pic, you would see the vertical stripes on the jaw
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