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Snake Thread: 2023

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"Aggressively chasing them"

Doubtful…

But that's a coral snake
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So not a ribbon snake but also not the most dangerous nope nope rope. Just watch where you put your hands
oh no
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They think it's in the pool skimmer now.
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oh no said:

They think it's in the pool skimmer now.
oh no!
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

"Aggressively chasing them"

Doubtful…

But that's a coral snake
Maybe it has rabies???
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The rabid coral was seen heading to my neighbor's yard. Kids and puppy, and my hands when emptying the skimmer baskets later, are safe.


Snakes are crazy this year. After 12 years in this house of seeing almost zero snakes- occasional ribbon / garter / grass types of snakes and some years nothing- there's been three copperheads (all apparent victims of vehicular snake slaughter) in the same spot on my street in two months, a big rat snake in my crape myrtle last week, and a coral snake out back today.
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Just want to point out that a coral snake "aggressively chasing" is absolutely made up or misinterpreted.
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We have had a few in our yard over the years. They have never chased me, but they sure do get squirrely when you try to pick them up with a shovel.
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12f Mane said:

Just want to point out that a coral snake "aggressively chasing" is absolutely made up or misinterpreted.
well, that was broken English from a roofer to my wife to me on the phone. i'm sure it made them run!
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We're South of the Airport in Fayette County. Peachtree City

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12f Mane said:

Just want to point out that a coral snake "aggressively chasing" is absolutely made up or misinterpreted.

Last time I saw a coral snake was a couple years ago on the baseball field where my oldest boy was having practice. One of the kids was having to run and came in yelling "snake" so I went to check it out since my kid had nearly stepped on a copperhead shagging a foul from the brush a couple weeks earlier. Anyway, it turned out to be a coral snake and that thing couldn't slither away from me fast enough. I managed to get a pic but I had to carefully pin it's tail with a baseball bat to get it to hold still long enough for a picture as I ushered it off the field and into the brush.

https://instagr.am/p/CNtS9pUDaO3
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1990AG said:

We're South of the Airport in Fayette County. Peachtree City
Interesting, thanks. That's probably still a bit further north than the map above would show.
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Seen in a pond on the 16th hole at Lions Municipal in Austin...golf campers dying to know what this is:


Daddy-O5
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100% water snake. Blotched / Plain belly, however they're classified now.
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Juvenile PBWS
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Here's a nice snake just trying to get out of the sun by hiding under the roses.



maroon barchetta
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A researcher I encountered today was wearing this shirt. I asked him if he knew what kind of snake that was and he did not.

Do you?
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Pigsnout
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Red touches yellow = could kill a fellow = coral
Red touches black = venom is what it lacks = king
rak1693
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Scarlet kingsnake?
agcrock2005
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That is an awesome pic!
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oh no said:

Red touches yellow = could kill a fellow = coral
Red touches black = venom is what it lacks = king

Or milksnake
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jgh85Ag said:

oh no said:

Red touches yellow = could kill a fellow = coral
Red touches black = venom is what it lacks = king

Or milksnake
haha yeah. I always thought a milksnake (or Louisiana milksnake) is just a type of king snake. I also forgot to add disclaimers for all of the fallacies when depending on an old nursery rhyme to identify snakes:

* only applies to Coral vs King in SE United States
** does not apply to certain non-venomous snakes where red touches yellow in SW United States
*** does not apply to certain venomous snakes where red touches black in central and south America
**** does not account for occasional unusual patterns in coral where red touches black or in king where red touches yellow
***** do not rely solely on a nursery rhyme when IDing a snake and deciding to pick up or handle a snake
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Leto Agtreides II said:



Pigsnout

It's a cobra!!!
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I was walking down my driveway to look up in the tree to see what all the birds were agitated about when this rat snake fell out of the tree in front of me.
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Found this in my shop. My wife is not happy about it coming in to my house.
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That is a great photo.
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Got a tougher one for you Ags. My sister took this photo over the weekend…not in Texas…that's the only clue I will give for now

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Looks like a little rough earth snake, but I feel like that's too obvious
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Does look like a rough earth snake except looks too big. Brown snake?
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I'm guessing ultimately it's not in the states and is a deadly nope rope.
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cant zoom in on the eyes to see if thats a boomslang
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Looks shiny. Maybe a legless lizard of some sort in Europe?
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12f Mane said:

Looks shiny. Maybe a legless lizard of some sort in Europe?
Yeah, I'm not convinced it's even a snake.
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Thanks.

My two year old son got a good look at him too. He wisely said "he's not a nice snake". The snake was pretty fired up after getting harassed by the birds for a while. He seemed ready to rumble when we walked up. He flattened out his body and was lifting himself up in that S shape.
 
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