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In reply to Null and Void • 2:38p, 7/23/18
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I may be wrong, but I don't believe that subspecies of rat snake (gray rat snake) ranges into Texas. I'm pretty sure it is only found as far west as the Mississippi river.
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In reply to Badace52 • 2:49p, 7/23/18
I am most likely wrong in my identification, but this pic the closest resemblance to the what I saw. I was probably 8' away and saw it for about 3 seconds as it disappeared from the concrete bike path into the brush. If could change one thing in the pic, it would be to thin out the darker areas. The head shape and lighter color is spot on, but the darker areas were not that pronounced.

Glossy snake perhaps?
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In reply to Ol Jock 99 • 7:36p, 7/23/18
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Ol Jock 99 said:




I'm a little late to the party.

Pretzel Snake?
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In reply to Null and Void • 8:21p, 7/23/18
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Just a young ratsnake I would think. They can be more or less gray.
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9:27a, 7/24/18
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This little guy wanted to join us for coffee this morning. Northern WS??? Conway, NH
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10:46a, 7/24/18
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Eastern garter snake
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In reply to [removed post] • 12:24p, 7/27/18
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third coast.. said:
Yes I know. I'm on a phone and phones have autocorrect
My phone has an autoincorrect.
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10:24p, 7/27/18
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Nothing to report but a copperhead capture every other night or so. Well I do have one interesting thing. I have a pet rat snake. Or at least, a resident rat snake. I have seen the same rat snake almost every night in the same area of the back of my house at about the same time. He/she has adopted an interesting behavior, too.

The last 3 nights, it has slithered into a toad or gopher hole along the edge of my foundation and sits there with only about 6" of its head and neck sticking out of the hole like a root or branch, just waiting perfectly still. I walk by and it just sits there, primed to lurch out I presume, waiting for something to wander by. Never seen one wait in a hole entrance to ambush prey.
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 11:36p, 7/27/18
Awwww
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12:09p, 7/28/18
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guy at work had a snake hanging around his back porch. He snapped a picture and brought it to me to ask if it was "poisonous" or not

It was a YBWS, showed him the lines on the jaw and he said "ok just wanted to check with you first, I'll let it live"
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8:36a, 7/29/18
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For Mouth.

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In reply to Cru • 7:43a, 7/30/18
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Holy **** that baby duck did not have a good night!
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3:30p, 7/30/18
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Would think after all that elaborate set-up that he would show up more prepared to collect his snake!
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In reply to MAROON • 3:32p, 7/30/18
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Maybe he didn't think it would work
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In reply to MAROON • 3:43p, 7/30/18
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MAROON said:
Would think after all that elaborate set-up that he would show up more prepared to collect his snake!
Doesn't everybody go out to collect 8' long snakes barefoot and armed with a 9" twig to keep them from biting you?
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4:33p, 7/30/18
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Saw this guy in Ruidoso, NM over the weekend. Garter Snake?



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In reply to ATX_AG_08 • 8:35p, 7/30/18
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Wandering Garter snake
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11:28a, 8/3/18
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Summer has sucked for sightings for me but here's a few:

diamondback water snake



blotched water snake



young ground snake



coachwhip giving me the eye

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5:15p, 8/3/18
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Found this guy on the running trail around Buffalo Bayou right out side downtown Houston.

Is it a YB or DB WS?

Thanks Badace..... I couldn't get it on mobile.... had to finally get on my laptop
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5:23p, 8/3/18
AG

Posting help

It is a YBWS... some might call that one a blotched water snake, but when it gets older it will likely look like a YBWS. They are the same species N. Erythrogaster.
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11:08p, 8/3/18
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Spent the evening out at Bracken Cave watching the bats emerge. Had two large coachwhips hunting bats in the open most of the night, and a brief appearance by a western diamondback. I haven't looked at the camera yet to see how any pics turned out, but I will look and post a few up tomorrow afternoon.
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In reply to Badace52 • 11:48p, 8/3/18
AG
I would call it a blotch based on the pronounced blotching, but tomato, toe-mato
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10:55a, 8/4/18
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In the pool this AM. Coachwhip? Humble, TX.

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11:17a, 8/4/18
AG
That could be a Great Plains racer, maybe?
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11:44a, 8/4/18
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Young coachwhip
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6:26p, 8/4/18
AG
On a hike this morning in Golden, CO and this guy slithered out in front of us
Bullsnake?




Once it slithered into the grass the camouflage was really impressive



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6:42p, 8/4/18
AG
That camo is amazing.
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In reply to AZAG08 • 7:08p, 8/4/18
AG
Affirmative, great pics.
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In reply to AZAG08 • 7:09p, 8/4/18
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Took me a while to find it in the last pic. Great camo!
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In reply to vander54 • 7:15a, 8/5/18
I did the same thing. I had to zoom in to find it!
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2:46p, 8/6/18
AG
Quote:
Summer has sucked for sightings for me
You and me both. I don't go looking for them like you but I normally see a decent amount of water snakes, moccasins, and a few copperheads out fishing during the spring/summer here in the Memphis area but this year its been few and far between.

That timber rattler sighting from PA I posted a few pages back from early July was the only significant sighting I've had this year.
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3:15p, 8/6/18
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we are normally good for 5-10 Copperhead sightings around our place in GA, but none this year.
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4:20p, 8/6/18
Played golf down in Lajitas yesterday and found this one crossing the cart path. Not the best picture with the sun being at that angle, but he got into the bushes before I could reposition.

It was 3-4' long and a pretty quick mover. I figured it was some kind of racer but I'm having trouble finding a close match in the field guide.

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4:23p, 8/6/18
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Western Coachwhip aka Red Racer
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In reply to JM84 • 4:27p, 8/6/18
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I love that golf course.
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