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In reply to SPI-FlatsCatter 84 • 4:54p, 5/26/20
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SPI-FlatsCatter 84 said:
Badace52 said:
Then it is probably what most people would call a yellow bellied water snake.


Excellent call




You saved the lives of many frogs.
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In reply to chickencoupe16 • 4:57p, 5/26/20
chickencoupe16 said:

I didn't realize that this would be considered a large hognose (I'm not a snake guy), so I tried to put some scale to him.
Looks to be about 18". Average hognose. I've seen as much as a 36" Eastern Hognose. It's hood was 4 inches + across.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
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In reply to chickencoupe16 • 5:06p, 5/26/20
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chickencoupe16 said:

I didn't realize that this would be considered a large hognose (I'm not a snake guy), so I tried to put some scale to him.


Yeah with scale, average sized adult, but most of the pics we see on here are juveniles.
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5:17p, 5/26/20
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Yeah, thats not me.......missed it by 30 yrs, 3" and 50 lbs

The Lady was home by herself with a 11 month old on the patio when the snake approached on his own. They tried to use several different methods to move it but apparently he was very aggressive and striking.

He put a pellet in the cabeza

They like frogs over snakes. To each his own

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In reply to chickencoupe16 • 9:33p, 5/26/20
chickencoupe16 said:
Badace52 said:
chickencoupe16 said:
Found this guy leaving work. Gave my heart a work out.



Nice Eastern Hognose. Looks like a pretty big one too. Location?


A&M campus. The flattened head was a dead giveaway, so I wrangled him into the grass with a mop handle and sent him in his way.
You've condemned to death countless toads.
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In reply to gif • 10:08a, 5/27/20
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BBWS - angry little guys but can have some awesome coloration.
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10:27a, 5/27/20
banded water snake?
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 10:43a, 5/27/20
ttha_aggie_09 said:
BBWS - angry little guys but can have some awesome coloration.


Thanks...apparently it bit my SIL, so I guess you're right about being angry little guys
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In reply to gif • 10:54a, 5/27/20
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Hopefully it just scared her and only drew a little bit of blood. Water snakes in general tend to be a little moody but they will usually calm down after a minute or two (if that long). I don't think I have ever held a BBWS for that long...
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11:02a, 5/27/20
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In my experience BBWS are the exception to the settling down rule for water snakes. Those mean little guys never settle down and constantly try to bite you given even the tiniest chance. Which is a shame, because they are beautiful snakes.
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In reply to Badace52 • 11:12a, 5/27/20
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10:06p, 5/27/20
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Caught this little guy in one of my traps:
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10:07p, 5/27/20
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Camouflage
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 10:25p, 5/27/20
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Wow. Incredible pic...but he looks like an *******!
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10:32p, 5/27/20
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In reply to BrokeAssAggie • 11:31p, 5/27/20
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Maybe it should be replaced by a cottonmouth in preparation of the next rain soaked collapse?
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12:29a, 5/28/20
Forgot about this one. Saw it on Earlywine Rd near Brenham.

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In reply to Rexter • 12:33a, 5/28/20
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Not as high as your hat but good looking rat snake!
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6:50a, 5/28/20
On a trail in Alabama


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6:50a, 5/28/20
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Stealing these from a friend in Giddings, mostly to ask a question. They said typically coral snakes hang out in pairs, is that true? They killed these a day apart from each other. In the first pic they said they cut off the head and then it started biting itself.





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In reply to gigemaggies88 • 7:33a, 5/28/20
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Nice Moccasin!
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 7:56a, 5/28/20
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Never heard the pairs thing but it isn't true
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In reply to 12f Mane • 8:15a, 5/28/20
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Thank you sir, I didn't think so but figured I would ask. I was going to tell them not to kill them but with them being 70 and not having the best reflexes having venomous snakes on their back porch isn't ideal even if they rarely bite humans
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In reply to 12f Mane • 8:54a, 5/28/20
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I always heard the pairs with copperheads
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9:41a, 5/28/20
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Much more likely that seeing the first snake makes you much more aware they are there and then you spot a second one because you are actually looking.
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 10:07a, 5/28/20
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What are you using for traps?
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In reply to BCO07 • 11:55a, 5/28/20
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https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h2o-xpress-16-1-2-minnow-trap?campid=71700000050238199&adgroupid=58700004916746674&device=m&keyword=92700042923896405&Channel=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4euehIPX6QIVVP_jBx14igpkEAQYASABEgLqTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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11:58a, 5/28/20
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I just sit them out at the base of oak trees or along the edge of the house foundation or fenceline. The snakes wander in randomly overnight when hunting.
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12:26p, 5/28/20
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Great example of the telltale "mascara" on that Moccasin

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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 1:17p, 5/28/20
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You don't bait them with anything?
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2:06p, 5/28/20
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Nope. They randomly find their way in as they poke along natural areas of travel and can't get back out.
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In reply to 1990AG • 4:44p, 5/28/20
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1990AG said:
Great example of the telltale "mascara" on that Moccasin
Can you explain this a little more?
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In reply to irish pete ag06 • 5:53p, 5/28/20
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irish pete ag06 said:
1990AG said:
Great example of the telltale "mascara" on that Moccasin
Can you explain this a little more?


It's that dark line right through the eye. Best way to tell a water snake from a moccasin.
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In reply to DaveAg02 • 7:13p, 5/28/20
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DaveAg02 said:
irish pete ag06 said:
1990AG said:
Great example of the telltale "mascara" on that Moccasin
Can you explain this a little more?


It's that dark line right through the eye. Best way to tell a water snake from a moccasin.
Awesome! Thank you very much. I've lived in my house for 2 summers and I've only seen 1 snake...

I've already seen 3 this spring, so I bookmarked this thread to become better at identifying.
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