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Snake Thread 2018

502,822 Views | 2229 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by JD Shellnut
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Put this on the list of things you don't want to see right before bedtime. He crawled out of the central air return (which is in our dining room and adjacent to the 5-year-old's bedroom.

The 5-year-old said "look Momma!" so I turned around and saw a snake crawling up the return cover. I said "go get Daddy" then listen as my husband says from another room "yeah right". I said "come here, please. Now!"

I like snakes (more so than my husband) but this gave me the heebie jeebies! Hubs tossed him out the back door. I'm hoping he doesn't find his way back in.

Our plan is to tear down the house and build a barndomenium in the next 2-3 years but this makes me want to start the demo tonight!
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The only solution is to immediately burn your house to the ground. /TexAgs before the Snake thread.
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Checkered garter snake?
Rocky Top Aggie
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Juvenile rat snake.
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Rocky Top Aggie said:

Juvenile rat snake.
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Was inside our house this afternoon (near Denton, TX):





It is briefly residing in a bucket outside. I'll release it in the pasture once I know I don't need any more pictures.
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You don't need any more pictures. You are free to release the baby rat snake.
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Badace52 said:

You don't need any more pictures. You are free to release the baby rat snake.


Thank you! I will let it get back to finding rats to consume.
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Great Plains Rat Snake
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Getting better but not 100% sure on this one.

My guess was Bull or Gopher.


ttha_aggie_09
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Good job! The video is cool.

Not an expert but the bull and gopher are very similar species. Bull snake all the way, IMO.
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You are correct. It is a bull or gopher snake. They are the same species. Different subspecies are labeled as types of gopher or bullsnake in the common tongue.
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First snake picture in a week. And it is from Facebook. I have not seen a snake at my place all year.
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FAT SEXY said:

Not my picture.. Friend posted this on FB.. She stumbled across it while hiking.. sure is a pretty little thing.





Kinda looks like a gaboon
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was biking in the park near my house in the middle of Dallas, about ran over the biggest copperhead I have ever seen. Over 2.5' for sure, possibly 3'. I wasn't fast enough to snap a picture. Beautiful animal, my 4yo saw it too and didn't freak out, was glad he reacted so calmly.
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Juvenile copperhead?
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I killed a juvenile copperhead on my back deck last week in Humble. The stupid dogs were sniffing and poking at it. Glad they didn't get bitten again!
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Here is on I put on the other page.

12f Mane
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Nice one
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Sadly, he was used as a teaching moment for the 4 year old.
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OnlyForNow said:

Here is on I put on the other page.



YOU JUST SHUT YOUR ****ING MOUTH RIGHT NOW

J/k
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Wife ran across this one this morning. I know it's a good guy, but what type?
Badace52
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Garter snake. Believe it is an eastern blackneck garter snake.
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12f Mane
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Correct. Austin area? They are one of our most beautiful snakes, IMO.
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Pics not great quality but this is a watersnake of some variety. Pic from Memphis area near small lake. Temps had dropped here to upper 60s so I think he was warming up on the asphalt path near lake.


Badace52
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Pretty sure that is a plain belly water snake (N. Erythrogaster). Only other possibility is northern water snake (N. Sipedon) but the pattern isn't really bold enough. They could look different in Tennessee though. Have to lean on 12f for differentiation...
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Boerne
ellebee
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The panic this email is causing with some people is outstanding.

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Badace52 said:

Pretty sure that is a plain belly water snake (N. Erythrogaster). Only other possibility is northern water snake (N. Sipedon) but the pattern isn't really bold enough. They could look different in Tennessee though. Have to lean on 12f for differentiation...
Yeah, he wasn't very big and had a very muted almost imperceptible patterning. He was a nasty little ******* though. Struck out at my shoe as I was manuevering near him for a pic.
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Likely not even baby snakes and it amazes me how many people think snakes are slippery. They are often quite rough and at best they are smooth but not slippery.
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