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04/22/2004 08:31:27 PM · #1 |
Found this guy (or gal) yesterday outside surrounded by 2 cats, we ran the cats off and captured it to let it go away from the house here
it made a lot of hissing noise and would flatten out its head similar to what a cobra does, but not to that extent and it was about 1 foot long.
I kinda felt like the crocodile hunter for about 3 minutes
Location, Houston, TX
James
Message edited by author 2004-04-22 20:31:51.
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04/22/2004 08:36:57 PM · #2 |
| Eastern Hognose? Scroll down a little on this page. |
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04/22/2004 08:37:18 PM · #3 |
| looks like a bullnosed snake. they are usually harmless. but its not clear enough to see. look it up on animalplanet.com or somethin. |
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04/22/2004 08:38:43 PM · #4 |
That I believe is a Copperhead, and they ARE poisonous, be careful.
Message edited by author 2004-04-22 20:44:43. |
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04/22/2004 08:38:48 PM · #5 |
| it does look like a hognose, but maybe a bullsnake. |
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04/22/2004 08:41:18 PM · #6 |
Texas rat snake....lol YOU'll have 100 different answers. So don't bet your life on my guess. :)
//www.houstonherp.com/TxRat.html |
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04/22/2004 08:42:30 PM · #7 |
ok thanks, it looks like the eastern hognose, it did have a weired shaped nose, but unfortunatelly my pics did not come out, horrible lighting in the woods were we let him go
like this one that dwoolridge linked to
hognose
James
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04/22/2004 08:52:10 PM · #8 |
| Snakes must be hard to photograph. None of those pictures are very good! :) |
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04/23/2004 04:12:39 PM · #9 |
[quote=ScottK] Snakes must be hard to photograph. None of those pictures are very good! :) [/quote
Looks like camera shake to me....
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04/24/2004 04:00:56 PM · #10 |
| dwoolridge was correct in the first place, its an eastern hognose... theres no such thing as a 'bullnose' snake, there is a bull snake, but it looks nothing like that. It also looks nothing like a copperhead. Eastern hognose do come in a variety of colors and patterning though. They're harmless, they eat almost exclusively toads. :) |
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04/24/2004 04:04:14 PM · #11 |
i'd have to say eastern hognose, too. looks exactly like the snake i used to take this pic.
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04/25/2004 05:23:28 PM · #12 |
My turn!
I came within inches of stepping on this guy yesterday. I think it's a copperhead. Luckily he was trying to relax in the sun and didn't even seem to notice me.
edit: yes, snakes in the wild do seem extremely difficult to photograph. They blend in with their environment quite well and fear of venom prevented me from attempting any macro shots.
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04/25/2004 05:31:29 PM · #13 |
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04/25/2004 05:48:55 PM · #14 |
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04/25/2004 05:53:34 PM · #15 |
| Those are great scrum! What a tiny snake! I really want to find out if the snake I stumbled across was a copperhead. I'm going to be pissed it if wasn't because I would have missed the opportunity to play with it a bit. I'm willing to risk a snake bite but not a poisonous one. |
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04/25/2004 06:04:37 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by JasonPR:
Those are great scrum! What a tiny snake! I really want to find out if the snake I stumbled across was a copperhead. I'm going to be pissed it if wasn't because I would have missed the opportunity to play with it a bit. I'm willing to risk a snake bite but not a poisonous one. |
Jason,
Don't know where in NY state you were; the copperhead seems to have range only in the far southern tip of NY. your snake has markings more like the Northern Water Snake, I'm betting that's what it is.
//www.esf.edu/pubprog/BROCHURE/SNAKES/snakes/nwater.jpg
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04/25/2004 06:07:10 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by scrum8:
Originally posted by JasonPR:
I came within inches of stepping on this guy yesterday. I think it's a copperhead. Luckily he was trying to relax in the sun and didn't even seem to notice me.
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The muted markings make it look more like a Cottonmouth, but I don't think they'd have them in NY. Here are a few picks of a Ringneck that I saw in TN over Easter. You can tell how gigantic he is by the hair on my knuckle.
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What a cutie. I came across a Northern Ringneck at Watkins Glen in upstate NY last year, but no good pics :(
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04/25/2004 06:09:05 PM · #18 |
I'm in Rockland. There are definetely copperheads in this area. Not many but enough to warn you from letting kids play around in the boulders. I'm gonna try to look it up now. I was hoping someone would know right away. Pure lazyness on my part. :)
Yeah, it certainly isn't a copperhead. Seems like the northern watersnake is the closest match. It says they have a nasty disposition and will strike and bite if harassed so I'm glad my mistaken caution was still warranted.
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04/25/2004 06:13:41 PM · #19 |
...sure looks like a cottonmouth. I'm glad you are still around to take pictures!!!
Cottonmouth info
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04/25/2004 06:29:21 PM · #20 |
Stepped right over this guy once and almost a second time.
Yes, a rattler. Tey don't bother me much, grew up around them on the farm and we actually use to play with them alot (scary, young hicks).
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04/25/2004 07:34:25 PM · #21 |
I'm scared to death of snakes, but my boys seem to be Crocodile Steve wannabe's. Here are some pictures (I took 'em, so if there is a blur/shake it's legit)of a critter we ran across last week - when it was still warm and springtime here...unlike today...high was 39.
  
You can see a forked tongue if you look closely at the first picture.
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04/25/2004 07:42:32 PM · #22 |
It looks like a northern watersnake to me also. They are quite nasty but not poisoness. Cottommouths definitely do not get north to NY, mostly southern swamplands.
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04/25/2004 10:20:51 PM · #23 |
These are a couple of my favorites. They are both Garter snakes. Now is a good time of year to find them on the trail, trying to get warm.
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04/25/2004 10:39:15 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Stepped right over this guy once and almost a second time.
Yes, a rattler. Tey don't bother me much, grew up around them on the farm and we actually use to play with them alot (scary, young hicks).
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This shot is awesome. This would have been perfect for the challenge "Where's Waldo" we had a few months back.
I also used to hang with these guys when I was a kid.
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04/25/2004 10:44:31 PM · #25 |
Quite a snake thread we have going here. Wouldn't be complete without a photo of my little buddy...
A really horrible photo, unfortunately the best I had. Normally he's a cutie, but right now he's really ugly, shedding. Been a part of our family for 3.5 years, much to the chagrin of my wife.
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