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Snake Thread 2018

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ProgN
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I was the one that cast ALL snakes back to the fire pits of hell, but now, because of this thread, I cringe and shoo the non-venomous ones away.
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Water snake, Medina County. What species and how do you identify? I relocated him away from vehicle tires...
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So mouthbq people call you to come catch snakes on their property and you relocate them elsewhere? That sounds fun.
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Just a guess from following this thread but I think Yellow Belly
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No all his snakes are on his property. He has show dogs and want to protect them. 10 acres mostly native
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Diamondback Water Snake is my guess.
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Vertical lines on lower jaw, YBWS?
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J.D. c/o 05 said:

Diamondback Water Snake is my guess.


Winner winner, Chicken Dinner!
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Dammit
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J.D. c/o 05 said:

Diamondback Water Snake is my guess.


That was my other guess. Should have gone with that one.
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What can the experts tell me about the Mississippi Green Water snake? I see them pop up on different snake ID sites and I always miss that one.

Per the interwebs it looks like their range actually does creep into SETX? Any way to really differentiate them from other water snakes?
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J.D. c/o 05 said:

What can the experts tell me about the Mississippi Green Water snake? I see them pop up on different snake ID sites and I always miss that one.

Per the interwebs it looks like their range actually does creep into SETX? Any way to really differentiate them from other water snakes?
Mississippi greens look similar to diamondback watersnakes but will have quite a few more bands and usually a less contrasting pattern. Sometimes they have a green wash on their head/cheeks. They are almost exclusively a marsh specialist in Texas and more aquatic than any of our other Nerodia (minus clarkii, maybe). They are more common along the coast in fresh/brackish marsh but turn up in inland marshes as well, like Brazos Bend State Park.





Typical habitat and encounter:
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Thanks. Their similarity to the DBWS is what got me thinking.

Great info.
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Prognightmare said:

Dammit


Is there a way we can turn this into a game?
ProgN
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I'd get destroyed but at least I'm learning about a creature I loathe.

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Yep, all those snakes came off my 10 acres, and really just the 2 acres around the house is the only part I search. I let them go at the fence line and figure there's 50/50 odds they go play with my neighbor's vermin, and all my neighbors have bigger properties than mine. I think I just get a lot because much of my pasture is fallow and largely going back native...better habitat.
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Prognightmare said:

YBWS?????


Yes. Big watermoccassin snake.
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If I posted a pic of some eggs would y'all be able to tell if they are snakes or not?

Also I have never posted an image so what's the way?
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How would I remove a rat snake from my chicken coop if I'm too chicken to reach in and grab it?
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Poke it with a long stick until it runs away and give it a clear path out or just pull it out to the middle of the coop and let the chickens chase it off.

Edit: If it is the one in the basket you posted, just cover the top with a piece of plyboard or throw a feed sack on top of it and carry it out in the basket.
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Bobcat-Ag said:

How would I remove a rat snake from my chicken coop if I'm too chicken to reach in and grab it?
There's some irony in this post
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Little expensive

https://www.amazon.com/ARD-Champs-Reptile-Grabber-Handling/dp/B00HWSQ9MQ/ref=asc_df_B00HWSQ9MQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167163675557&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16803916028796419902&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028267&hvtargid=pla-371893542197&psc=1

What I'd use

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From neighborhood next door...cottonmouth?

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MouthBQ98 said:

Yep, all those snakes came off my 10 acres, and really just the 2 acres around the house is the only part I search. I let them go at the fence line and figure there's 50/50 odds they go play with my neighbor's vermin, and all my neighbors have bigger properties than mine. I think I just get a lot because much of my pasture is fallow and largely going back native...better habitat.
Man I can't wait to get a place like this
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txags92 said:

From neighborhood next door...cottonmouth?


Diamondback watersnake
Badace52
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No, dead diamondback water snake.
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12f Mane
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vander54 said:

If I posted a pic of some eggs would y'all be able to tell if they are snakes or not?

Also I have never posted an image so what's the way?
Probably. Upload to a host site (flickr, etc), post link on here
txags92
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Yeah...was thinking dbws...but not having the head visible made me hesitate and ask the masters. Next door was already telling her cottonmouth.
vander54
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Here you go. These are not my pictures but I am trying to help someone out. Also the bottle cap is from a 16 oz water bottle.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/55680900@N08/57D690
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Look like quail eggs to me

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55680900@N08/29483396118/in/album-72157698496165414/#

ETA - I don't know how to use Flickr, just Imgur
12f Mane
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Weird. I don't think there are any local snakes (or lizards for that matter) that lay eggs in the open like that. Look more like bird eggs to me.
vander54
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I didn't think they were snake eggs either, but some insisted they were
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Badace52
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Definitely bird eggs. Agree probably quail. Too many eggs for most other ground nesting birds that lay small eggs.
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The cone like shape makes me pretty confident they're quail eggs. See below (Bobwhite Eggs):


Where are the eggs located?
 
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