My wife called me outside to the front porch saying we had another visitor. Please help me ID this juvie.
Thanks ,
Rick
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Cant see the head all that well, but looks like a banded water snake. I have seen mocassins that color too, but not often. Cant see if that head if diamond shaped or not.
Its called a Brick Snake , pick up a brick and throw it at its head-
I concur.. :you_rock:
Quote from: Old Gobbler on July 01, 2011, 08:26:29 PM
Its called a Brick Snake , pick up a brick and throw it at its head-
That's funny.. sounds right to me.
Eastern Diamondback Rattler.
Could be a Juvenile Cottonmouth.
Quote from: lacountryboy on July 01, 2011, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: Old Gobbler on July 01, 2011, 08:26:29 PM
Its called a Brick Snake , pick up a brick and throw it at its head-
That's funny.. sounds right to me.
;D That's how I'd handle it.
I believe that's a water snake.
soon to be dead?
Quote from: Old Gobbler on July 01, 2011, 08:26:29 PM
Its called a Brick Snake , pick up a brick and throw it at its head-
:happy0064: Classic!!
I think it's a water snake. If it was my house, I would have already killed the snake, threw it in the woods, and helped my wife clean up her poop!
Thanks for the help. I thought it was a banded water snake or juvie. cotton mouth. I didn't kill it, but I did re-locate it back to the woods where it can hopefully get some rats or something.
Rick
The tail is long and thin for a cotton mouth--its a water snake
Quote from: catdaddy on July 03, 2011, 12:06:12 PM
The tail is long and thin for a cotton mouth--its a water snake
OneDeadWaterSnake
catdaddy will take care of him!
See if he has fangs.I've killed a few cottonmouths long and skinny that looked more like a water snake,but had fangs, can't see the head !
Quote from: Old Gobbler on July 01, 2011, 08:26:29 PM
Its called a Brick Snake , pick up a brick and throw it at its head-
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: i agree kill that joker!
It's a copperheadedwaterattler! Should have just killed it
It's the kind I kill, one that I came across alive!!!!!!
From the pic it's hard to tell but my first guess would be cottonmouth. How did the snake react when cornered and caught?
Most cottonmouths are aggressive, much more so than most snakes.
How big was the head, what was it shaped like? Was it wider than the first 3rd of it's body?
Even though I said cottonmouth, I'm probably wrong........ most likely you would have been able to tell for yourself from it's actions and you would have shown us a pic of a dead snake instead. ;)
HC
Well I cant say for sure what kind it was :fud: but I think for sure its a DEAD one now .
Looks like a Copperheadedrattlemocasin to me. He'd look much better with no head.
Can't see his head very well, but his short stocky figure is similar to a cotton mouth. Seems too fat to be a chicken snake or a water snake.
Not sure on the type of snake that is because I haven't seen the reddish marking like that. It's fairly easy to tell if it's a poisonous snake though. There are two ways. Look at the pupils of the eyes. If they are elliptical like a cat, it's a poisonous snake. If they are round it is nonpoisonous. Another way to tell is to look at the scales on his belly from his anus to the tip of the tail. If there are single scales from side to side the snake is poisonous. If there are two scales scales for each row that join in the middle it's a nonpoisonous snake. It's your choice but I suggest you do this after the snake is dead. Just remember that a snake's head can still bite you even after it's cut from the body.
The only snakes I really like are DEAD ones!!!