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Speckled King?
Snake Thread 2019
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I did a little work with my duck dog in training at the neighborhood lake this evening (rule 1 below), when I found two snakes in a drain between retention ponds. Good sized and healthy. The one on the left has recently fed.
6.5 month old "Tilly"
Edit to add: I know the ID but I'll let someone else test their skills
6.5 month old "Tilly"
Edit to add: I know the ID but I'll let someone else test their skills
In Dallas County we don't have a rodent problem, we have a rodent solution!
Presented in reverse order....and what is this?
Presented in reverse order....and what is this?
DBWS
BuddysBud said:
DBWS
That's my guess
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I believe it's a checkered garter snake... garter snakes and their subspecies are not my strong suit though.
That's a checkered garter if I'm not mistaken as well.
BuddysBud said:
DBWS
Nailed it! It was hard to get a good picture but there is enough pattern to tell. Any closer and I would have likely pushed them down the drain. If the kids were with me I might have tried to catch one but no sense coming home smelling like water snake for fun anymore.
That's not a checkered garter snake. I think it is a texas garter snake, but it might be a ribbon snake. I have a lot of trouble distinguishing those two.
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Blue racer noshing on a frog
Checkered garter snake?
normaleagle05 said:
In Dallas County we don't have a rodent problem, we have a rodent solution!
Presented in reverse order....and what is this?
Not a checkered garter, this is a Texas garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens). A declining species in the state, always a good find, and with a few strongholds around Dallas and Austin.
Badace52 said:
That's not a checkered garter snake. I think it is a texas garter snake, but it might be a ribbon snake. I have a lot of trouble distinguishing those two.
My man is on point
Yes!
I think you addressed in an earlier post, but do you know the particular reason for their decline?
Meant to post this one earlier in the week. This little pygmy rattler was the welcoming committee here in Florida starting our vacation.
Pretty sweet considering it's my family's first encounter with a rattler. The wife was geeking out and the kids wanted to catch it. Ended up relocating it and haven't seen him around since. Pretty neat way to start a vacation.
Pretty sweet considering it's my family's first encounter with a rattler. The wife was geeking out and the kids wanted to catch it. Ended up relocating it and haven't seen him around since. Pretty neat way to start a vacation.
Habitat. Their main range is the 35 corridor
Which primarily runs along the Balcones Escarpment, so they reside on the edge of hill country/farm land.12f Mane said:
Habitat. Their main range is the 35 corridor
CWby '90
These guys were also common in SW Arkansas when I worked in the woods there for several years. Saw them way more often than the bigger rattlers.12f Mane said:
Habitat. Their main range is the 35 corridor
He was referring to Texas garter snakes, not the pygmy rattlesnake. They are not present on the I-35 corridor.
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Got it, thanks.Badace52 said:
He was referring to Texas garter snakes, not the pygmy rattlesnake. They are not present on the I-35 corridor.
Don't shoot the messenger, these 3 snake pics were sent to me to ID. Pretty sure Left = Hognose, Middle = Rat, and not sure what the Right snake is. The right one might be too mangled to ID, as it got in a fight with a lawn mower and its head got cut off. Any help would be appreciated!!
All 3:
Left Snake:
Middle Snake:
Right Snake:
All 3:
Left Snake:
Middle Snake:
Right Snake:
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Spane Bohem
Spane Bohem
I'd go with two hognoses and a ratsnake
What is that blue color on the right snake? Is that normal on a hognose?
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Spane Bohem
Spane Bohem
I think the blue coloring has more to do with the trauma than the actual snake's coloring.
Of course I'm not an expert just my general opinion.
Of course I'm not an expert just my general opinion.
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I'd guess the snake was close to shedding and the trauma separated new and old skin.jpb1999 said:
What is that blue color on the right snake? Is that normal on a hognose?
Found on carport by my wife. She's getting better, let this one live.
Water snake?
Water snake?
DBWS
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This is by far the most entertaining thing I have done (reading this entire thread) in a long time.
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Here's one from last night. Not sure what it is. Was only about 16 inches long. Rat snake? The county road in front of our place experiences a lot of snake fatalities. The snakes travel back and forth between the ditch and culvert at our driveway and the ditch and culvert of the neighbor across the road. It's only a one lane road, but it is paved and straight so people drive down it at highway speeds.
Ever since the weather turned off hot the coral snakes I used to post photos of don't hang out in the sheds anymore. I guess they moved out into the pastures. But one did leave a 31 inch shed skin a few weeks ago next to one of their burrows, which I thought was pretty impressive for a coral snake.
Not a snake, but almost overlooked this one last night when locking up in the dark.
Prairie kingsnake
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Really scary scorpion.
Saw this little guy today in Smithville.
3 edits and I still can't get it to post. Someone shoot me now. 
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