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Snake Thread: 2024
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Cool! Wondering if those are lizard eggs? Seem a little big but too small for turtle eggs. Maybe another snakes eggs?
This little guy joined my buddy on his back porch last night.
Incredible! Great shot. Texas patchnose snake eating what I presume are Texas spiny lizard eggs.
how does that work? they just puncture the shells and suck out the innards ?
I think they do pierce the egg if they can but it is swallowed whole. They either digest or crap out the egg shell.
Most likely digest. I don't notice any bones from the mice in my snake's scat. Some fur once in a great while.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Not a great photo. Sealy prairie.
That is (was) a venomous northern cottonmouth.
MyNameIsJeff said:
That is (was) a venomous northern cottonmouth.
Its pronouns are is/was.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Are turtles laying eggs right now? I ran up on one while mowing who wasn't moving but when it finally did it revealed a hole and what looked to be freshly moved dirt.
Sea Speed said:
Are turtles laying eggs right now? I ran up on one while mowing who wasn't moving but when it finally did it revealed a hole and what looked to be freshly moved dirt.
Yes.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Awesome. I will have to show my kids. Hopefully I didn't ruin the whole thing for the turtle. Will she come back to her spot? I purposefully didn't run over the area where the hole was.
Sidenote, but when I was in Costa Rica the wife and I were walking in the beach and walked up on a sea turtle laying her eggs that was really cool.
Sidenote, but when I was in Costa Rica the wife and I were walking in the beach and walked up on a sea turtle laying her eggs that was really cool.
MyNameIsJeff said:
That is (was) a venomous northern cottonmouth.
That is not the typical coloring we are used to seeing for a cottonmouth. Assume we typically see western that more more gray in color? Are northern cottonmouth prevalent in SE texas?
The recent split of cottonmouths ("Northern" and "Florida") is a dumb one.
We have pretty standard looking western (old nomenclature) cottonmouths throughout Texas. I'm not sure there's much regional diversity in the state, just more or less light and dark individuals scattered throughout their range.
We have pretty standard looking western (old nomenclature) cottonmouths throughout Texas. I'm not sure there's much regional diversity in the state, just more or less light and dark individuals scattered throughout their range.
Rat snake in the chicken coop
Costa Rica
Yeah, don't get bit by one of those…
Fer de lance?
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Seeing one was the only thing I told my wife I wanted to do on this trip. Mission accomplished!
Little harmless looking guy in my mulch pile this morning
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Cleaning up hurricane debris. Saw the dogs acting very "I found a snake" like.
That a really good looking one too!
What it is, baby boo!?
Dekay's brown snake?
I agree...has a super dark head
I didnt even notice the brown head until you pointed it out!
That's a wandering gartersnake. Assuming you are somewhere around Colorado?
Yes sir.
Almost stepped on this guy. Panhandle of Florida. What is it?
Gartnersnake
Checkered garter snake
Based on region (Florida Panhandle) I think it's an Eastern / Common Garter Snake. Checkered are more in the SW US region.
12f Mane said:
That's a wandering gartersnake. Assuming you are somewhere around Colorado?
Really 12f? Couldn't pin down which city in Colorado
Seriously, that's some impressive work