Poot said:

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Is that not a coral?

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Def a coral, just a very dark one that shows the rhyme isn't always a safe method of ID. You'll see some that are completely black and yellow, with no red.

Thanks!

Yes, it's a very dark red. I'm surprised at how many coral snake pics we get. I didn't think they were so prevalent.

Poot said:

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Thanks!

Yes, it's a very dark red. I'm surprised at how many coral snake pics we get. I didn't think they were so prevalent.

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Well, they are usually hiding under brush, etc. But, more people looking to take pictures of snakes on this thread alone; a greater amount of people closer to "Greenbelts"

This one was crossing the road up ahead of me while I was on a walk so I ran over and grabbed a pic before he vanished.

MyNameIsJeff said:

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Poot said:

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Is that not a coral?

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Def a coral, just a very dark one that shows the rhyme isn't always a safe method of ID. You'll see some that are completely black and yellow, with no red.

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Whew... you had me going WTF... that IS a coral snake

12f Mane said:

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Prairie kingsnakes often get confused with Great Plains ratsnakes (and vice versa). I think the main difference is prairie kings have an arrow on their head that points to the neck while GPR's have an arrow on their head that point to their nose.

PK:




GPR:






GPR's are also considerably more "bug-eyed" and the neck thins out before it hits the hit. PK's have no neck.

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They also like birds if they can get ahold of them. Like the one I ran into on our back patio last week that had gotten hold of a chick who fell out of a nest.

(Collin county)

Years ago I had a fairly decent size garden and had plenty of 'critter' loss each season. Think half eaten green tomatoes. I caught a good size rat snake and had the brilliant idea of placing the rat in the garden for critter protection.

Within 10 minutes every bird in a block radius was sitting on the fence going crazy about the snake. A chorus of chirping and occasional dive bombs pecking on it.

Needless to say birds know a threat when they see one. He hightailed it to a bush. So yes they like birds for dinner

I have to ask. Did the frog get eaten alive or does the DBWS (I assume that's what it is) have some toxicity towards frogs?

I'm just curious. It's late and the thought of being slowly swallowed alive is about to keep me up all night.

That's an amazing sequence of photos. Thanks for posting.

Yea that's usually how it works. A great white shark eats bite by bite as well.

Nailed it

That is a good sizes one.

That one hasn't missed a meal

It was about 6 feet. Beautiful creature. Just hanging by the pool but too close to the chickens so we moved it.

Yes.

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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We don't see a lot of your first one on here. Cool snakes!

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Is that a King or Corn or Milk snake?

Sanger, Tx, found him like this.

Timber/Canebrake Rattlesnake

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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We don't see a lot of your first one on here. Cool snakes!

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That is cool. I've seen a handful of coral snakes in the wild but no milk snakes.