What kind of snake did I mow this morning?

[dennisz]

Was out mowing the front lawn this morning and mowed a snake, saw it on my next pass, it was in some tall grass. Not sure what it is, short stubby body, but not very distinctive markings. Any guess as to what it may be?

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Just dead and belly is full.

 

[kbaxter60]

Lookin kinda hognose?
Got a pic of the head?

 

[dennisz]

Didn’t get a better picture of the head, at first when I saw it, thought it may have been a copperhead, but when I turned it over I knew it wasn’t. A Hognose was my other option, just hard to tell from the coloring.

 

[no2gates]

Didn’t get a better picture of the head, at first when I saw it, thought it may have been a copperhead, but when I turned it over I knew it wasn’t. A Hognose was my other option, just hard to tell from the coloring.

Wrong color for a copperhead.

 

[CharlieWH2O]

That bulge looks recently fed.

 

[deemus]

Too bad. He’s a vermin eater

 

[Moonpie]

Rattleheaded coppermocassion.
Very rare.
Federally protected.
US Fish&Wildlife will be seeing you soon.

 

[dennisz]

The only snakes I eliminate are ones that venture into my yard where they pose a threat to my animals, other than that bring them on.

 

[paknheat]

Looks like a very dead hognose.


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[Bigguy]

I'm pretty sure it's not a hognose. I had a couple of them as pets in HS. A hognose tail is long and slender, even after feeding.
Likely a copperhead. Yeah, I know color. I've seen copperheads with color variations from almost yellow to so dark it was almost black. On occasion, almost no stripes.

hognose snake playing dead

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[Hoji]

Looks like a very dead hognose.


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Winner. Unlucky eastern hognose

 

[Hoji]

I'm pretty sure it's not a hognose. I had a couple of them as pets in HS. A hognose tail is long and slender, even after feeding.
Likely a copperhead. Yeah, I know color. I've seen copperheads with color variations from almost yellow to so dark it was almost black. On occasion, almost no stripes.

hognose snake playing dead

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Eastern Hognose snakes come in many color/pattern phases. All three of these were caught at my place.
The mowed snake is not a copperhead.

 

[Lead Belly]

No step on snek