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Snake Thread: 2024
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agcrock2005 said:
I was waiting for that last picture! Cools pics.
Should have given him some blue gatorade.
Most of the time that's all they ever do, rear back, open mouth, and act irritable.
Anyone know what kind of spider this is? My son said it bit him and it hurts.
What are you going to mow?Mas89 said:
He froze in the second pic as we approached. Gently Tossed the rock which landed on his back but he didn't strike at it, just kept his mouth open and his tail moving as if he had rattles.
Spooky as that's right where I dove hunt. Will be mowing good before hunting.
Awesome pics. Thanks!
Looks like a Tan Jumping Spider. https://thespiderblog.com/tan-jumping-spider-facts/
Platycryptus undatus - Wikipedia
Platycryptus undatus - Wikipedia
Can you get a better pic?
i asked my wife...still waiting.
BrokeAssAggie said:
i asked my wife...still waiting.
Username and two stars doesn't check out.
Username plus wife and a kid kinda checks out
Hope your son recovers quickly.
I've lived here since 2002, and have seen dozens of water snakes, ribbons, mud snakes, legless lizards, but this is only the second nope rope I've seen while mowing the ditch.
I can smell that picture.
Moccasin?
yes
Well, it probably didn't outsmell me. Dang it was hot today!Funky Winkerbean said:
I can smell that picture.
for the turtle lovers, cousin found this in fayette county. says its a texas tortoise which are threatened.
I'm pretty sure that this turtle is an African Spur-Thighed Tortoise. I had one as a pet about 20 years ago. Also, the area they found it is not the general range of the Texas Tortoise. They are primarily far south Texas west towards Big Bend and into Mexico.Serious Lee said:
for the turtle lovers, cousin found this in fayette county. says its a texas tortoise which are threatened.
Probably someone's pet that got loose.
Course, I could be wrong. The gular plate just looks wrong (fork looking thing at the bottom) - usually, Texas Tortoises have an extended gular plate.
Also, they get up to 175 pounds, so probably not something they want to keep as a pet. I have a buddy in Lubbock who has some; if they still have it, he'd probably take it.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
That's someone's pet African spurred tortoise...
Texas tortoises don't quite make it that far north. They do look really similar though.
Texas tortiose
Texas tortoises don't quite make it that far north. They do look really similar though.
Texas tortiose
Beat me too it, you're spot on
Western Diamondback!!!! I'm so tired of rattlesnakes. I believe my little 15 acre patch of Archer County has had more rattlesnake per acre than anywhere I've ever been lol.
interesting, thanks. on a side note, we found and caught a scarlet macaw on the same property years ago. guess i need to ask around about whose keeping exotics in our neck of the woods
Get a donkeyCreekBottom said:
Western Diamondback!!!! I'm so tired of rattlesnakes. I believe my little 15 acre patch of Archer County has had more rattlesnake per acre than anywhere I've ever been lol.
Our place in Coryell looks like rattlesnake heaven. Never seen one in over 10 years and I've looked hard. Never seen any snake on the property. No coyotes either. Donkeys are savage.
I will look into that!!! Appreciate it!
Politely tried to escort this dude off the road in frio county this evening. Maybe 2.5-3' long
Bullsnake . What county?
Just pick him up!!!
Frio county just outside of Moore
Howdy. I need to settle a discussion with my wife. We are staying a couple nights between Leakey and Camp Wood which is Real County.
Question is, how many snakes per acre would be average for the hill country? I so far have no pictures to share because we have not seen any.
Oh…she says 300 per acre and I say 2-3.
Question is, how many snakes per acre would be average for the hill country? I so far have no pictures to share because we have not seen any.
Oh…she says 300 per acre and I say 2-3.
Good Luck ...
I'd guess lower than 2-3, depending on terrain. Likely pockets with more, pockets with less.
300 is absurdly off though.
300 is absurdly off though.
If you were inclined to, you could communicate to your spouse that 43560 sq ft (1 acre) divided by 300 = 142.5 square feet per snake. Meaning that, theoretically, you should be able to find a snake in any 10 foot by 14.25 foot rectangle.
Don't figure that will gain you any advantage in the matter, but if she didn't immediately get and wear snake boots when outside, you would have standing to express doubt in the sincerity of her assertion of 300 snakes per acre.
But maybe just keep this calculation on the down low.
Don't figure that will gain you any advantage in the matter, but if she didn't immediately get and wear snake boots when outside, you would have standing to express doubt in the sincerity of her assertion of 300 snakes per acre.
But maybe just keep this calculation on the down low.
I hunt not too far from there and our snake population, particular rattlesnakes, is almost nonexistent. Our Indigo population is booming and likely the cause of the lack of rattlesnakes.
While I'd guess 300 is too high I think you'd be surprised how many snakes are in any particular area that you never encounter, especially in that part of the world where the majority are fossorial.
Wife is never wrong so it must be 300.
12f Mane said:
While I'd guess 300 is too high I think you'd be surprised how many snakes are in any particular area that you never encounter, especially in that part of the world where the majority are fossorial.
Check out 12f Mane breaking out the $20 words.
Yeah, if you are actually looking for snakes and know where to look, you can find some quite easily in the right habitats.
Others - quite difficult. I've only seen 3 Eastern Hognoses in the field (my favorite snake).
Others - quite difficult. I've only seen 3 Eastern Hognoses in the field (my favorite snake).
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
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