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In reply to $3 Sack of Groceries • 11:14a, 4/29/17
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If that one was aimed at my photo, it's not an indigo. I live in NE Kansas. But it is a BIG Western rat snake.
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11:20a, 4/29/17
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That is a nice looking snake.
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11:50a, 4/29/17
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"Western"
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In reply to Sean98 • 11:52a, 4/29/17
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Sean98 said:
If that one was aimed at my photo, it's not an indigo. I live in NE Kansas. But it is a BIG Western rat snake.

It was. Lol. And wow!!!
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In reply to 12f Mane • 12:47p, 4/29/17
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Then what is it? That is what it seems to be.

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Pantherophis obsoletus also known as the western rat snake, Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake is a nonvenomous species of Colubridae found in central North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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In reply to Sean98 • 1:14p, 4/29/17
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Thank goodness that black snake is in Kansas and not Alabama.
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In reply to tx4guns • 1:58p, 4/29/17
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tx4guns said:
Thank goodness that black snake is in Kansas and not Alabama.


What we have here is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blake snake, but It ain't too GD beaucoup.
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2:47p, 4/29/17
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12F Mane or ursusguy?? Which one of you owns this????
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In reply to Sean98 • 3:58p, 4/29/17
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The "western" thing is a new taxonomical shift which I don't necessarily agree with. I like the old designation of black ratsnake.
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In reply to Tursiops93 • 5:08p, 4/29/17
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Tursiops93 said:
12F Mane or ursusguy?? Which one of you owns this????
Ursus would have eaten both instead of going for the mount...
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5:38p, 4/29/17
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Only taxidermy I own are those sweet stuffed giant toads playing sports you could buy in Nuevo Progresso and Nuevo Laredo.
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5:51p, 4/29/17
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Yeah, I'm not real big on taxidermy (ie cheap), all I have is a European mount of my elk.

But damned funny
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In reply to Sean98 • 6:11p, 4/29/17
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Sean98 said:
A couple photos I snapped while we were turkey hunting. First photo was a big dude.


You just solved a long time mystery for me. I saw a 6' black snake crossing a road at Lake Rita Blanca (near Dalhart) something like 35 years ago and everybody told me I was mistaken and/or crazy and there weren't any snakes that big or that dark colored in the Panhandle. I had been thinking that maybe it was an Indigo but believe that this would be far too north of their reported range. The snake in this pic looks exactly like the one I remember.

Great pic. Thanks for posting!
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In reply to agent-maroon • 9:50p, 4/29/17
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That probably was an indigo if in dalhart.
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10:17p, 4/29/17
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No, Dalhart isn't close to the range of indigos and isn't in the range of ratsnakes either. My guess would be a desert kingsnake with a reduced pattern and the snake was less than 5 feet.
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10:49p, 4/29/17
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After doing a google image search, I have to admit that it might have been a desert kingsnake. Going from memory here, but I do recall that it wasn't so much a shiny black color as it was a slightly greyish kind of black. And it might have had some pattern to it but it was subtle. Maybe it was about to shed it's skin?

But I'm sticking to the 6' length part of my story. That was a big snake...
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11:34a, 4/30/17
This monster hanging out in our shed.

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12:52p, 4/30/17
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Just did a Google search for rat snake. Hard to believe one species can look so different color and pattern wise.
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12:54p, 4/30/17
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Just found this little guy in my garden while working. Lucky fellow that he isn't chopped in half. Just dug out 3 big bushes and then chopped up the whole area before planting. Not big at all maybe 6 inches still caught me off guard was on my hands and knees inches from it when I saw it.


Any idea what he is? Never seen anything like him.


Edit to add I'm in Dallas/Grand Prairie 3 minutes from Joe Pool Lake. And fighting with the dang image...



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In reply to Hachieaggie10 • 1:16p, 4/30/17
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Rough earth snake.
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In reply to Hachieaggie10 • 1:23p, 4/30/17
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Hachieaggie10 said:
Just found this little guy in my garden while working. Lucky fellow that he isn't chopped in half. Just dug out 3 big bushes and then chopped up the whole area before planting. Not big at all maybe 6 inches still caught me off guard was on my hands and knees inches from it when I saw it.


Any idea what he is? Never seen anything like him.


Edit to add I'm in Dallas/Grand Prairie 3 minutes from Joe Pool Lake. And fighting with the dang image...





Same thing I posted pics of a couple days ago.
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2:34p, 4/30/17
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What's with the fat body and skinny tail? Did it just recently start eating well so the fat hasn't made it's way down? Something about this one seems odd.
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3:14p, 4/30/17
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She is gravid.
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11:32p, 4/30/17
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If you watch naked and afraid, they were in the Atchafalaya swamp and they killed a "copperhead" and ate it.... it was a juvenile water moccasin.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 11:39p, 4/30/17
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
If you watch naked and afraid, they were in the Atchafalaya swamp and they killed a "copperhead" and ate it.... it was a juvenile water moccasin.
Naked and afraid? Really? You have a pretty cool schtick going on here with your snake knowledge. Don't ruin it!!
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9:41a, 5/1/17
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Found this little guy in the pool over the weekend. No idea what it is.

Missouri City area.




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In reply to FlyFisher99 • 9:52a, 5/1/17
Looks like a checkered garter.
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11:12a, 5/1/17
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Texas brown snake
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11:25a, 5/1/17
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A buddy just sent me this. It was spotted on a golf course in Port A
Kingsnake?
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In reply to AZAG08 • 11:26a, 5/1/17
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Speckled kingsnake.

A very good one!
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In reply to AZAG08 • 11:28a, 5/1/17
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Beautiful snakes.
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In reply to AZAG08 • 11:29a, 5/1/17
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Awesome snake!

Oh, and thanks for the location posting by everyone recently! Helps out a lot.
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11:48a, 5/1/17
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No pic, but found a red striped ribbon snake in my front yard yesterday. He was probably 2' long. He went back under my rosemary bush before I could snap a pic so I just left him alone.
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11:56a, 5/1/17
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Our neighbors posted a fuzzy picture a few weeks ago of a snake with a red head and black colored body. Any idea what it could be? League City area.
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In reply to tx4guns • 12:10p, 5/1/17
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Doesn't really fit the description of anything but probably ratsnake
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