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In reply to tx4guns • 1:51p, 5/1/17
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tx4guns said:
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.
only thing that google finds is a red-headed krait, but those are asian.

sure it wasnt a red headed centipede?
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2:57p, 5/1/17
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Perhaps the head was red from the bludgeoning that sometimes occurs just prior to obtaining photo documentation of the snake in question...?
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3:00p, 5/1/17
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Yeah, the krait is what scared me. Somebody else saw it a few days later. Not sure what it is, but it may just be a funny looking rat snake.
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In reply to tx4guns • 3:08p, 5/1/17
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I'm wondering if it wasn't a broad banded with a lot of red/orange on the head. But it wouldn't be solid in color and likely a lot of black, too.
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10:22a, 5/2/17
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This would suck.

Woman buys house, turns out it's full of garter snakes

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In reply to Dallasag02 • 10:53a, 5/2/17
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Dallasag02 said:
This would suck.

Woman buys house, turns out it's full of garter snakes

Seriously. If your house is going to be infested by snakes, you would at least hope it would be something cool/interesting.
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In reply to tx4guns • 11:46a, 5/2/17
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Until I see a picture I am always skeptical about peoples' snake descriptions. People are generally lolbad at it.
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In reply to tx4guns • 12:04p, 5/2/17
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Coachwhips can have a red head fading into a darker colored body. Was it a long thin snake with a smallish head and neck area?
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12:05p, 5/2/17
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SIAP

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12:12p, 5/2/17
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That's one pissed off reticulated python. Gotta admit though, I've never really seen a nice one. They're just an angry snake.
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In reply to jbanda • 12:16p, 5/2/17
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jbanda said:
SIAP

The narration is awesome...
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12:20p, 5/2/17
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Wow
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In reply to LisaMarie • 12:58p, 5/2/17
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Green seems to be used a ton and there are very few green snakes here
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1:10p, 5/2/17
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Here's the pics the lady posted of the red headed stranger... Water snake or coachwhip would be my guess. It's probably more brown and not red.



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1:13p, 5/2/17
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Coachwhip. Ha, "red head and black body"
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1:16p, 5/2/17
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Her words, not mine. Haha. I posted a thread with detailed pictures of how to ID water snakes and cottonmouths and rat snakes a few weeks back. Trying to educate the soccer moms and save beneficial snakes. I have no problem with neighborhood cottonmouths dying.
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2:00p, 5/2/17
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They can definitely have more intense red heads and black bodies, depending on where you are. I'd imagine her snake looks something like this

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2:09p, 5/2/17
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A lot of coachwhips get killed because of how mean they look. Intimidating snake.
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4:57p, 5/2/17
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When I see pics of coach whips I always think of Indiana Jones and his whip
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5:55p, 5/2/17
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Turkey hunting this past Saturday just outside of Glen Rose, TX. This guy was creeping along the house foundation a few hours before a front rolled in. Saw more snakes this weekend than we have in a decade of hunting this ranch, but he was the only one who would cooperate for a pic. 2 copperheads while cutting some oak dead fall, a sizable rattler killed by a cattle rancher (as reported by him) and this guy plus another one just like him on another part of the ranch. I'm unsure, but my guess is rat snake with a darker coloration. What say the experts? And he lived to help continue to dent the rodent population in our camphouse.



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In reply to BeardofZeus01 • 6:14p, 5/2/17
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You're correct!
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In reply to tx4guns • 8:59a, 5/3/17
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tx4guns said:
A lot of coachwhips get killed because of how mean they look. Intimidating snake.
They will chase you if you make them mad. You will often see them in pairs.
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In reply to tx4guns • 10:45a, 5/3/17
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Ha... it was a coachwhip.
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In reply to VaultingChemist • 11:12a, 5/3/17
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VaultingChemist said:
tx4guns said:
A lot of coachwhips get killed because of how mean they look. Intimidating snake.
They will chase you if you make them mad. You will often see them in pairs.
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In reply to VaultingChemist • 11:52a, 5/3/17
had one at the house last week, the rib came unglued when she saw him slither passed the door as she let the dog in. So off I go, tried to usher him off to the pasture to make momma happy. He wasn't having it, after a few attempts to hide under the AC unit he turned around and rose up like he was gonna come at me. That's when the beatings commenced. Sorry OB, I tried to save him but I guess the lizards at the homestead are going to get out of control.
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8:59p, 5/3/17
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Curious what this one is? I'm almost certain that it isn't venomous but I couldn't be 100% certain.

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9:24p, 5/3/17
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Young Texas Rat
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9:25p, 5/3/17
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Rat snake
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9:30p, 5/3/17
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That was my guess... It startled the hell out of me. I was changing the oil on my truck (on my back) and it was about 1' away from my wrenches.
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In reply to reveille23 • 9:06a, 5/4/17
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Why didn't you just tell her it moved along? Even if it did escape to the pasture it would have been back.

... and have no fear. Another one will take it's place tomorrow.
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1:59p, 5/4/17
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ID? Brazos County - about 18" long.

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In reply to @ggie • 2:01p, 5/4/17
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Some sort of mamba.
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In reply to @ggie • 2:04p, 5/4/17
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Pretty sure it's a yellow belly racer.
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