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DoitBest
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7:27p, 7/8/23
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I.D ?
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7:33p, 7/8/23
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Juvenile racer maybe?
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In reply to DoitBest • 7:41p, 7/8/23
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Dekays Brown Snake
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7:41p, 7/8/23
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It was definitely quick, retreated every time tried to move him...
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In reply to DoitBest • 8:10p, 7/8/23
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Pretty sure it is a juvenile coachwhip starting to shift to its adult coloration. It's definitely not a brown snake.
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In reply to Badace52 • 8:16p, 7/8/23
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Maybe it's the angle but his head doesn't look like a coachwhip to me
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8:30p, 7/8/23
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Only other pic I have..
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In reply to DoitBest • 8:40p, 7/8/23
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Sure looks like Badace was right - that's a coachwhip head.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 12:03a, 7/9/23
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Yeah he is rarely wrong. It looks a little pissed so I say juvenile coachwhip as well
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In reply to BreNayPop • 2:54p, 7/9/23
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BreNayPop said:
Grand cayman racer?
Winner.
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7:22p, 7/9/23
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Yep, young coachwhip
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6:34a, 7/12/23
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Ended up seeing 10 water snakes in one area yesterday. They were active and didn't seem phased by use being a few feet away. Collin county




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In reply to P.U.T.U • 7:43a, 7/12/23
Like most OB members, they probably wanted you to leave them alone so they could do some fishing in peace.
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6:02p, 7/12/23
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This guy was in the pool this morning. No idea what kind and the first we've found in our pool.
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11:35p, 7/12/23
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This one was right at the back door. It didn't make it. PBWS?

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In reply to @ggie • 12:17a, 7/13/23
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YBWS, but they are the same species so pretty much yeah.
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9:50p, 7/13/23
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Cottonmouth? I saw the head and smelled a musk when I got close so I was 90% sure it was. Just hoping I didn't kill some sort of water snake
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In reply to rak1693 • 9:58p, 7/13/23
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nm. I should just let the experts say. I say 51% watersnake though.
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In reply to rak1693 • 10:52p, 7/13/23
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Would need to see a picture from the side of his head. Kind of looks like it might have "mascara" but it's really hard to tell. My guess is cottonmouth.
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In reply to rak1693 • 11:18p, 7/13/23
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Watersnake. They can have a pretty nasty musk too.
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In reply to TheClaw07 • 11:19p, 7/13/23
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TheClaw07 said:
Would need to see a picture from the side of his head. Kind of looks like it might have "mascara" but it's really hard to tell. My guess is cottonmouth.


This. But based on tail I think it was chewing cotton.
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In reply to rak1693 • 11:32p, 7/13/23
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Eyes look more on the side than on closer to top, and that head shape while dead looks like venom glands on the side . My guess is cottonmouth
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In reply to rak1693 • 11:54p, 7/13/23
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That's a cottonmouth.
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In reply to krosch11 • 6:26a, 7/14/23
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Here's a closer up picture I took of the head if this helps
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In reply to rak1693 • 6:41a, 7/14/23
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Need a better picture from the side of its head but does look like rails on the side of the head which means cottonmouth, plus the eye location. Even more importantly is Badace52 said it is a cottonmouth so...its a cottonmouth
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 7:51a, 7/14/23
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Don't rely on head shape exclusively but look at how much wider his head looks than it's body. The unprovoked (because it's dead) V-shape is also a good indicator.
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7:56a, 7/14/23
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Cottonmouth
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9:06a, 7/14/23
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That's a water moccasin!
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 9:30a, 7/14/23
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
Don't rely on head shape exclusively but look at how much wider his head looks than it's body. The unprovoked (because it's dead) V-shape is also a good indicator.


I didn't say anything about head shape, rails meant mascara lines
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 9:34a, 7/14/23
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I know you didn't - my comment about head shape was sort of a disclaimer, because most people hyper focus on it.
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9:54a, 7/14/23
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Unrelated to my previous post, my parents came home to this last night curled up at their front door
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In reply to rak1693 • 9:58a, 7/14/23
It's hot outside.

He would like to be invited in.
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In reply to rak1693 • 10:06a, 7/14/23
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He looks friendly.
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10:17a, 7/14/23
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Saw this one the other day from a bike team facebook page. No idea the original source, but the story is the snake struck at the bike as it was riding by and got wrapped into the rear derailleur.

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In reply to txags92 • 10:46a, 7/14/23
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About 15 years ago I saw a large cottonmouth crossing a mountain bike trail so I made sure it crossed before i continued on. Stupid me did not realize it was a switch back so lets just say I know how Evil Knievel may have gotten started, had my feet up on the top post of the bike.

Rowlett nature preserve has a ton of copperheads, I love snakes but after seeing 7-8 right off tough parts of the trails a few times in a row I stopped going. It was only a matter of time I fell right on one.
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