What kind of snake is this?

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[TexasRedneck]

One that's fixin' ta die.....

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

It definitely doesn't look like your typical trouser snake, so you can rule that one out.

 

[M. Sage]

Can't see enough to say for sure, but TXR isn't far from the mark.

 

[M. Sage]

It definitely doesn't look like your typical trouser snake, so you can rule that one out.

So, you're an expert on those? Must have seen a lot of 'em...

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

So, you're an expert on those? Must have seen a lot of 'em...

I look at one every time I use the bathroom - you don't?

 

[orbitup]

One that's fixin' ta die.....

Yep, he's dead. A couple of shots with my horribly inaccurate Chinese pellet gun did it. I wasn't dead set on killing it until it struck at me.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Damn. If it lunged at me, I probably would've killed it too. Poor bastard.

 

[orbitup]

He almost got my cat too. We were both curious about him.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

I tried to find it, and this was the closest I could find.

Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research - Snakes of the American Southwest - Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

 

[orbitup]

I tried to find it, and this was the closest I could find.

Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research - Snakes of the American Southwest - Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

Yep, water snake, that's what I found too. From the wiki page...

While their initial instinct is to flee when disturbed, they do typically have a nasty disposition. They do not often hesitate to strike or bite if handled,

Yep, that sounds like him!

 

[A.Texas.Yankee]

I understand that snakes invoke a primal fear, but killing things needlessly always bother me. Unless you have small children or know it is a danger (even then I am comfortable trying to relocate. Kind of a rush getting a rattlesnake into a pillow case for the long toss into the marsh), why kill it? They actually are great at pest control. I think you would be surprised how beneficial they are, and little of a danger.

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[TexasRedneck]

I understand that snakes invoke a primal fear, but killing things needlessly always bother me. Unless you have small children or know it is a danger (even then I am comfortable trying to relocate. Kind of a rush getting a rattlesnake into a pillow case for the long toss into the marsh), why kill it? They actually are great at pest control. I think you would be surprised how beneficial they are, and little of a danger.

Do as ya wish. When approached by an aggressive snake, it's gonna be the LAST mistake it makes. I don't have the time, inclination OR training to attempt to "deal with" 'em with anything other than lethal force.

 

[orbitup]

I wanted to find out what kind it was and go from there. I have 2 dogs and a cat back there. If I had found out he wasn't poisonous I might have taken him to the creek out back. After he struck at me and my cat his fate was sealed.

BTW the wife was (and still is) freaked. She would prefer I eradicate all snakes in a 5 mile radius.

 

[shiftyer1]

I've been seeing more snakes the last few weeks, I don't normally see rattlesnakes but this year i've seen several pretty large ones. I guess they're looking for water.

 

[orbitup]

He was 100 yards from the creek behind our house. He may have been looking for food, his stomach was pretty empty.

 

[deemus]

Looks like a rat snake to me. Those things kill rats and other snakes too. They act like they are striking to scare you away. Unlikely this guy was poisonous. A long handled hoe can usually handle them to get them away from the house. If its a rat snake, you want him around. Don't think that one is a water snake.

How about this one?

Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research - Snakes of the American Southwest - Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri

 

[deemus]

I had one of these as a pet in high school. I kept him a really cool terrarium with a bunch of plants, and fed him baby birds and small frogs. I could lay him across my neck and walk around with him. Not aggressive at all.

Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research - Snakes of the American Southwest - Pantherophis guttatus slowinskii

 

[orbitup]

I though it was a rat snake at first, but after a quick google image search I started looking at other snakes. This one looks just like some of the pictures of blotched water snakes online.

 

[Younggun]

Snakes are evil, can't stand. Other than the small gray ones they make my skin crawl and give me an undeniable urge to make them dead.

I have let some of the larger grass and rat snakes go from time to time but not when they're near the house. I don't know what that one was but it looked like something I wouldn't have thought twice about eliminating with extreme prejudice.

Unless I know exactly what it is and it has a very non confrontational disposition, it gets dead.


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