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Snake Thread: 2021

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In my backyard. Help with an ID. Interesting color and pattern. A little aggressive. 4 or so feet long.




Agree with Vander. Buttermilk racer.

Caught one of those YEARS ago. Cool snakes, but really nippy little suckers.
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vander54 said:

Buttermilk racer


This.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, he was quick and feisty.
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Got home at lunch and had a turtle nesting next a flower bed not far from our driveway and fence. Wife said that she finished and covered it back up to the point that you can never tell she was even there....

Was very cool to watch her digging in there

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1990AG said:

Got home at lunch and had a turtle nesting next a flower bed not far from our driveway and fence. Wife said that she finished and covered it back up to the point that you can never tell she was even there....

Was very cool to watch her digging in there
If it was a box turtle, report it to TPWD. They are trying to track their range and numbers and would appreciate knowing about it.
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txags92 said:

1990AG said:

Got home at lunch and had a turtle nesting next a flower bed not far from our driveway and fence. Wife said that she finished and covered it back up to the point that you can never tell she was even there....

Was very cool to watch her digging in there
If it was a box turtle, report it to TPWD. They are trying to track their range and numbers and would appreciate knowing about it.
They would love to know about this one then....since I'm in Peachtree City, GA!!

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1990AG said:

txags92 said:

1990AG said:

Got home at lunch and had a turtle nesting next a flower bed not far from our driveway and fence. Wife said that she finished and covered it back up to the point that you can never tell she was even there....

Was very cool to watch her digging in there
If it was a box turtle, report it to TPWD. They are trying to track their range and numbers and would appreciate knowing about it.
They would love to know about this one then....since I'm in Peachtree City, GA!!
Doesn't look like Georgia tracks them. They are fun to watch in the wild. One of my coworkers in NW Houston has one that has nested in his yard for years. It likes to go to his compost pile to search for leftovers. He puts our strawberries on his porch for it every time he sees it around.
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Trying to get a pic to post

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So what kind is she?

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1990AG said:

So what kind is she?
Really hard to tell with the mud over the shell like that and I am not a turtle specialist at all. Any sign of an orange patch on the side of the neck in other pics? Head and shell look maybe like a Bog Turtle, but they usually show a pretty prominent orange patch on the neck.
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No orange on the neck that we could see

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1990AG said:

No orange on the neck that we could see
You got me stumped. Hopefully somebody better with turtles will come along.
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Not a box turtle, that's for sure... It's hard to make a positive ID otherwise due to aforementioned mud. But it does appear to be a "basking turtle" species.

*Edited to correct terrapin to basking turtle.
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Could it be a cooter?
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Yes... Although terrapins and cooters are pretty much the same thing in the United States. Because terrapin has been used on many different unrelated turtles worldwide, I probably should have said it is a type of "basking turtle".
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Badace52 said:

Nice timber rattlesnake... Location?


Upstate PA near Ralston. Just north of Williamsport
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vander54 said:

Could it be a cooter?
So many responses come to mind...

But yeah, looking at Georgia turtles, the eastern river cooter is the closest I saw, but the front end of the head shape didn't quite look right.
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We thought that at first also but this was bigger than a cooter and we don't fit their habitat

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I think it's an old, dark slider but could be a cooter.
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A few spring snakes

Buttermilk racer from north Houston


Speckled racer from near Brownsville


Mudsnake


Tan racer from the Big Thicket


Milksnake from north of Houston


Texas coralsnake from north of Houston
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Where did you find the mudsnake at? Only seen those in Louisiana by Cross lake
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What's the difference between a speckled kingsnake and the speckled racer?

As always, great pics!
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It's so cool how they all just curl up nicely and pose for 12f!!!

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Stive said:

It's so cool how they all just curl up nicely and pose for 12f!!!


He's the Cady Studios of Snake Portraits

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1990AG said:

Stive said:

It's so cool how they all just curl up nicely and pose for 12f!!!


He's the Cady Studios of Snake Portraits

I was thinking more of an Olan Mills
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Conroe area
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4stringAg said:


What's the difference between a speckled kingsnake and the speckled racer?

As always, great pics!
Different genus. Speckled racers are a largely central American snake - only found in Texas in southern Cameron County.
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Stive said:

It's so cool how they all just curl up nicely and pose for 12f!!!


Here's a behind the scenes look at snake photography:

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My God man...what happened to the hand??

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ID? Also, any idea what's making those holes?
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1990AG said:

My God man...what happened to the hand??


I'm guessing these little snakes chewed on him a bit.
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TheClaw07 said:

ID? Also, any idea what's making those holes?

Sapsucker. Probably a yellow bellied if you are in Texas.
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That's awesome! I bet the hand sanitizer stings after that.
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Nice hand! You got blood in the game...
 
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