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Snake Thread: 2024
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Do you need pic help?
Neighborhood nope rope. The recent storms and flooding have brought a bunch of debris up onto the trails and in the parks bordering the lake and bayou.
He just wants a little kiss.
Don't really need the Cottonmouth vs DBWS debate on this one do we?
Since this is not FB or Nextdoor, no
He's just out doing snake stuff in snake areas.
Daddy-O5 said:
Don't really need the Cottonmouth vs DBWS debate on this one do we?
I giggled at this
ID anyone?
Nonvenomous western coachwhip.
Mom sent me this one as she was walking in from back door for the night. She took the picture from inside because snakes give her the willies!! Eastern Rat Snake I believe. Wrapped around the patio chairs!!
As high as a toddlers hat.
Sure looks like a western rat snake to me. Location?
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Sure looks like a western rat snake to me. Location?
Yes, good work! I meant to edit it to western rat snake. I posted while on phone with mom and she was giving me the play by play on how it was slithering across the table and how she was tripping. Arlington, TX backing up to a park.
Do we do lizards, as well? Southern Randall County ((Canyon). Also saw a horny toad (Texas horned lizard) a few feet away from this guy
Those little moccasins are funny. They have a lot of "personality". Mostly bluff, but you don't want to be that one time they actually land an envenomating bite.
If you have some steel toe boots you can give them a gentle nudge and they'll put on a heck of a "best leave me alone" show with mouth wide open.
Also I saw a gigantic Blue Spiny Lizard at Pace Bend park west of Austin last weekend. Thing was well over a foot long. Very cool cooling critter. It ran under the entrance shack as I drove up.
If you have some steel toe boots you can give them a gentle nudge and they'll put on a heck of a "best leave me alone" show with mouth wide open.
Also I saw a gigantic Blue Spiny Lizard at Pace Bend park west of Austin last weekend. Thing was well over a foot long. Very cool cooling critter. It ran under the entrance shack as I drove up.
Its a type of whiptail lizard. Their genetics are funny because they are one of the few kinds of lizard which regularly reproduces by parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) but also can reproduce sexually. Therefore, differentiation between species is somewhat strange as entire populations have been known to be genetically identical.
I'd say probably six lined racerunner, but 12f could likely give you a more definitive answer.
I'd say probably six lined racerunner, but 12f could likely give you a more definitive answer.
CM
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Interesting! Learned about parthenogenesis in my Game Birds & Ornamental Fowl class but specific to turkeys. Wasn't aware some lizard species can do that as well.
Parthenogenesis sure isn't what I called it before I got married
Thanks, I should have said, he was 10-12" long. A little later, one about 8" long did a circle in and out of the open barn door.
I saw a fun one at our house the other day too.
Eastern Ohio, I'm guessing rat but not 100% on that.
Pretty
Eastern milksnake
Those are really cool. Always wanted to catch one, but never been fast enough to do so when I've actually spotted one.
CM
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A buddy sent me this from Georgia -- coachwhip I believe
Badace52 said:
Those are really cool. Always wanted to catch one, but never been fast enough to do so when I've actually spotted one.
I am certain if you spent any amount of time at my house you could catch one, feel free to stop by.
12f Mane said:
Eastern milksnake
Does that milksnake bring all the boas to the yard?
Brother sent this saying he killed a cottonmouth. YBWS?
He was wrong, you are right
Looks like a plain Belly / Yellow belly to me.
Lavaca Co.
Burdizzo said:12f Mane said:
Eastern milksnake
Does that milksnake bring all the boas to the yard?
I gotta say, this thread over the year has taught me a ton and completely changed the way I view snakes - but I still don't have the guts to take hold of a good sized one in the wild.
So snake appreciation and snake handling are two very different things. My understanding is the non-venomous ones the bite still bleeds a lot and hurts.
So snake appreciation and snake handling are two very different things. My understanding is the non-venomous ones the bite still bleeds a lot and hurts.
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