YellAgs said:
its slightly hard to tell, but if all else fails, it's probably a rat snake.
Pretty certain that's what he is. It's grainy but head and pattern/coloration lean towards rat snake.
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Pretty certain that's what he is. It's grainy but head and pattern/coloration lean towards rat snake.
Ag83 said:
Do rat snakes tend to raise their head like that? I didn't think about a racer. My father-in-law (a pretty good amateur herper himself) can't tell either.
They might if they are looking up at a nest of baby birds in a tree.
It's a rat snake for sure. It's raising up like that cuz the grass is so thick and it is trying to look around. They raise up like that when they are nervous about their surroundings.
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Is the inside of its mouth black?
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Gotta be a cobra right? Only they raise up like that....
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My neighbor found this guy in his bushes in Dallas, so I helped relocate him. Pretty sure this is a rat snake that just had lunch.
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This is kind of funny. While I was in the process of "handling" him, he tried to crawl in a weep hole at the base of the house but got stuck when he tried to squeeze his lunch through...
Mozambique spitting cobraAg83 said:
So this guy was in my wife's cousin's yard in Friendswood. Not great pics but all I have and I can't tell from these. Any guesses?
I played the cobra and black mamba card yesterday...for some reason she doesn't seem to take me seriously anymore.
Pretty sure it's a cottonmouth
I didn't look at the tail but now, I think you're right.
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Young broadbanded watersnake
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Did you read the comments?
Copperhead
Only four poisonous snakes in Texas
Cottonmouth
Rat Snake
Triangular Head - Copperhead
Folks, the coloration, pattern and tail all scream broad banded water snake. The head looks triangular in this picture but as almost all water snakes will do, they can and will flatten their heads out to look like a cottonmouth. This is why it's not always a reliable way to tell the difference, particularly when the snake is alert or has been provoked...
I would guess the look is throwing people off because it isn't a Texas animal, but I didn't dig too hard on where she/he is.
Gulf coast
Gotcha. Looks like an eastern Gulf Coast animal to me. Rarely they are colored like that around Orange but that's about it. Maybe Anahuac.Prognightmare said:
Gulf coast
Blast
Until i get a better headshot, that has juvi mocc potential
Saved by the rattle this afternoon. Was walking along and heard it about 6' away. Stopped me dead in my tracks. His head is just left of center. Healthy sized WDB
Your Friend said:
Saved by the rattle this afternoon. Was walking along and heard it about 6' away. Stopped me dead in my tracks. His head is just left of center. Healthy sized WDB
Moved a whole pile of wood yesterday and found several sheds but not a single snake! I'm the anti MouthBQ!!
Just found this one slithering across my patio this morning. It was relocated.
Water snake?
Broad banded water snake.
That's what I was thinking. It did have a white mouth when it was striking at me though.
Those BBWS are the meanest little suckers. They are non-venomous but I generally leave them alone just because they strike so much if you corner them or try to pick them up. They are pretty snakes though.
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He is doing that head thing. Wow that's really cool because a quick glance gives you the shovel appearance.
Round eyes and striped lower jaw!!
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Round eyes and striped lower jaw!!
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