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Snake Thread 2017

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Badace52 said:

Big one


Thats what she said...
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Ags20-10_'75 said:

My mom killed this Coral this morning in College Station.


that will make a great hat band - tell mom to dig it out of the trash and skin it and salt it down.
Ayto Siks
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Saw this snake imposter crossing the sidewalk tonight. First I've ever seen.

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Saw this sizable nope rope on a hike and bike trail this evening. I trolled my dad hard. He was frantically calling me and I wasn't answering. The text exchange wasn't nearly as funny as what he called me on the phone.




DJV2012
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Now I want to know what he called you on the phone
12f Mane
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Very cool. Where abouts?
Ol Jock 99
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dave99ag
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My dad probably would have said, "I'll get some rats."
Cru
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I propose a new rule. Post location with pic.
SteveBott
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Outstanding
Ayto Siks
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Fort Myers, FL. Wish I got a better pic. It flicked its tongue like a snake, but I'm pretty sure it's an eastern glass lizard.

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I was going to ask what is the difference between a legless lizard and a snake. I found this on uga.edu (Bulldog herpers?):

Description: 18 - 43 in (46 - 108 cm). Glass lizards are long, slender, legless lizards that superficially resemble snakes. They differ from snakes, though, in that they have moveable eyelids, external ear openings, and inflexible jaws.

http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/ophven.htm
carpe vinum
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Convergent evolution is amazing.
Lizards and snakes having traits evolving to near each other is fairly incredible.
The one that always caught my attention was sugar gliders and flying squirrels.
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Cru said:

I propose a new rule. Post location with pic.


And by location, we mean specific geograohical area. Ex: Woodlands, TX, hill country, TX, panhandle, Florida, etc.

Bad Ex: Mimaws garage, My front porch, neighborhood FB page, etc.

Narrow it down to a geographic area please!
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"Nope rope"

I have no idea how I overlooked that. Hilarious
SteveBott
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Fully support location
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Walnut Creek Hike and Bike Trail in Austin for the Diamondback.
dave99ag
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If we really want to get technical.

ID: Hognose or ID?: TBD Location: College Station, South Status: Didn't kill with fire.

tx4guns
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Definitely a hognose. See that curled front lip.
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This guy was on a neighbor's front porch in Southwest Austin.
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TXRunner97 said:



This guy was on a neighbor's front porch in Southwest Austin.


For those of us who grew up in Oak Hill (before it was SW Austin) a rat snake in the side of the house was a damn near annual event.
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I'm in SW ATX and saw a mouse scamper across my garage the other day. That dude needs to come work at my house.
TXRunner97
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This was in Belterra West of Oakhill a bit and I think it was a checkered garter snake.
ttha_aggie_09
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Don't worry... just tell them they're coming out of their hibernation nest in his attic. Should only be a couple hundred more.
txags92
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TXRunner97 said:

This was in Belterra West of Oakhill a bit and I think it was a checkered garter snake.


Doesn't look like a garter to me. Pretty sure it is a rar snake.
Ptery83
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Bout to say the same thing.
ttha_aggie_09
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I didn't realize he was referring to this picture. Rat Snake all the way.
TXRunner97
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I stand corrected
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12f Mane said:

He killed a yellowbellied watersnake with a giant tootsie roll.
I have one of those "Snakes of Central Texas" field guides and they do not list Yellowbellied Watersnake. Is it another name for something else or did they not put it on this guide???
Badace52
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It is also called the blotched watersnake. The yellowbelly name usually refers to older snakes where the blotched pattern has faded to a blackish-brown color is no longer evident. They are both considered subspecies of Nerodia erythrogaster, but in my opinion the difference between those two "subspecies" is probably mostly age.
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So what y'all got here?

Co-worker sent it to me from near Hillsboro...



Western?
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Based on an earlier post, that would be a nope rope.
tx4guns
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Looks like a Mojave Rattlesnake, but maybe somebody more knowledgeable can chime in.
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Not a Mojave. They have fewer stripes on their tail which are also wider, and they have a greenish coloration.

http://animals.mom.me/distinguish-mojave-rattlesnake-western-diamondback-4644.html
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Doesn't look like a western tho.
 
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