South College Station
Snake Thread: 2024
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Knowing my daughter, I'm surprised she did this. I told her she is very lucky it didn't bite her.Daddy-O5 said:Most snake bites occur at this time (when someone is messing with it, to catch or to kill). In this instance I completely understand dispatching the snake, still gotta be REALLY careful how you do it.MiMi said:Daddy-O5 said:
She was told correctly. That could've been bad.
Thanks. Very scary. There were young children on the playground at the time. And she said it was trying to bite her shoe when she was smashing it.
If it got to her shoe, she was quite close to a very bad day
Not a cottonmouth. A copperhead
Juvenile cottonmouth. Jagged bands and mascara on what's left of the head.nealan said:
Not a cottonmouth. A copperhead
Ohhhh! I see it! I stand corrected, carry on!
Why she not packing a .357 with 6" barrel and #4 shot shell load for these situations?
I don't mean to nitpick, but when you say mascara do you really mean eyeshadow?
She works at a daycare. Firearms are prohibited. But would have come in handy this morning.Deerdude said:
Why she not packing a .357 with 6" barrel and #4 shot shell load for these situations?
I've always called it mascara and believe that's the typical nomenclature. Whatever you want to call the black stripe the goes from the eye, back.
MiMi said:She works at a daycare. Firearms are prohibited. But would have come in handy this morning.Deerdude said:
Why she not packing a .357 with 6" barrel and #4 shot shell load for these situations?
Yea I keed. Although I'm pro teacher carry.
Any help to ID this fella? 40 miles north of College Station, halfway to Waco. Found mostly rattlers in this area. But I don't think this is one? Young and small. About 18".
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Eastern hognose aka a Texas Cobra
Hognose
Had to redeem myself after that baby cottonmouth blunder
Had to redeem myself after that baby cottonmouth blunder
Pretty sure hognose.
aggiesundevil4 said:
I don't mean to nitpick, but when you say mascara do you really mean eyeshadow?
Hognose
I'm notoriously bad at posting media of any type. My uncle stepped on this guy playing disc golf in Wichita County. Not sure what I think it is.
Speckled kingsnake
Based on the location, this could be a speckled/desert intergrade. I was actually leaning more desert based on the video but I'd defer to one of the experts on this one.Pasquale Liucci said:
Speckled kingsnake
Good point. I'm an amateur that has seen way too many Facebook snake ID videos so more than happy to defer to the resident herpers
ttha_aggie_09 said:Based on the location, this could be a speckled/desert intergrade. I was actually leaning more desert based on the video but I'd defer to one of the experts on this one.Pasquale Liucci said:
Speckled kingsnake
I would agree.
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nealan said:
My son sent me this earlier.. dead on the side of the road in our neighborhood. I'm usually pretty good at ID, but I'm struggling on this one ….
Location?
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Carthage. NE Texas
Had 3 snakes in the yard in a day but only had my phone on me for the water snake. Saw a few on the trails walking the dog but didn't have my phone on me again. Came home to a tarantula chilling on the front porch. Busy day
Dad's dog got popped following him through the pasture while he mowed.
It's tough... not a coachwhip cuz they have pale underbellies without pattern. Probably a ratsnake based on the belly pattern. I'm guessing though. 12f may know.
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Yeah that one is tough because there's only a small portion of belly left.
Poor guy!
Posted on the neighborhood FB page. They must have been 100' away so I can't see the head but the pattern does look sorta cottonmouth'ish. Personally I would have gotten a lot closer but whatever.
Very much a cottonmouth, good ID
Pasquale Liucci said:
Very much a cottonmouth, good ID
Agreed!
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This is a really tough one but I am going with gravid diamondback water snake. Neck to head ratio, band widths, and coloration all say diamondback to me, not cotton.TarponChaser said:
Posted on the neighborhood FB page. They must have been 100' away so I can't see the head but the pattern does look sorta cottonmouth'ish. Personally I would have gotten a lot closer but whatever.
The master handing out free lessons. Was certain it was a cottonmouth
I was focusing on the bands and the body to tail thickness. The head was useless to me because it was so far away and out of focus.
Like I said, I would have gotten a lot closer but it was on the neighborhood page asking for an ID and I said cottonmouth.
Like I said, I would have gotten a lot closer but it was on the neighborhood page asking for an ID and I said cottonmouth.