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 10/09/2007 08:02:34 PM · #1


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 10/09/2007 08:05:24 PM · #2
Looks like a type of viper. Could it be a copperhead?
 10/09/2007 08:06:18 PM · #3
Kind of looks like a rat snake, but not positive.
 10/09/2007 08:07:35 PM · #4
I think it is a copperhead.
 10/09/2007 08:09:45 PM · #5
I wanna say rat snake too...
 10/09/2007 08:14:53 PM · #6
i dont think its a rat snake, they usually have longer, narrower heads, it could be a copperhead but im not sure

edit: to change my confidence level after looking at the pictures again

Message edited by author 2007-10-09 20:16:23.
 10/09/2007 08:17:51 PM · #7
Originally posted by ryand:
i dont think its a rat snake, they usually have longer, narrower heads, it could be a copperhead but im not sure

edit: to change my confidence level after looking at the pictures again


I think it's not a rat snake. I have seen the rat snakes that look like copperheads up close and personal, and they did not have that distinctive viperish wedge-shaped head. I vote for copperhead.

R.
 10/09/2007 08:21:24 PM · #8
copperhead image:
//www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/ncopperhead1.jpg

rat snakes:
//www.southalley.com/album_rat.html
 10/09/2007 08:22:12 PM · #9
The more I look, the more I agree with the copperhead votes.
 10/09/2007 08:23:22 PM · #10
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
The more I look, the more I agree with the copperhead votes.


way to give into the peer pressure
 10/09/2007 08:24:30 PM · #11
Looks poisonous to me! That's enough to know to keep my distance.
 10/09/2007 08:29:43 PM · #12
If you are in U.S., that is most likely a poisonous snake, copperhead being the logical choice, as it states here, and I learned a long time ago, if it has a distinctive triangular head, it is poisonous. Reference > //www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/heads.html .

Jacque
 10/09/2007 08:29:46 PM · #13
well I'm no expert but the markings on the face (the mask) sure look like this rat snake. All the cooper head pics I could find only had markings on the lower part of the head.

Kelli has the right idea lol
 10/09/2007 08:29:59 PM · #14
Originally posted by ryand:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
The more I look, the more I agree with the copperhead votes.


way to give into the peer pressure


Read my signature? ;-)
 10/09/2007 08:40:32 PM · #15
Pics of a Texas Rat Snake from www.austinreptileservice.net

Pic 1
Pic 2

Markings are right, but your guy has a more triangular head than the pics I linked.

Message edited by author 2007-10-09 21:02:55.
 10/09/2007 08:53:12 PM · #16
That snake appears to be a very young one, probably just hatched, and markings and colors of young are often different than the adults, am NOT positive it is a copperhead, but with that head, would NOT be happy to see it bite anyone, am fairly sure it is a type of pit viper.

Jacque
 10/09/2007 09:05:30 PM · #17
This is a close up of a baby rat snake (at least in my area). Note that the face is rounded and flat. The snake in you picture is poisonous based on the shape of it's head (by everything I've been taught about snakes anyway, lol).

Edit to add: Just to be on the safe side, especially if you have kids, if this is in your yard I'd check around for more because there is usually more than one hatchling.

Message edited by author 2007-10-09 21:07:34.
 10/09/2007 09:14:17 PM · #18
It's a Texas Ratsnake. Granted the head appears more triangular than most, but I'm 99% sure that's what it is.

Message edited by author 2007-10-09 21:15:52.
 10/09/2007 09:33:09 PM · #19
ratsnake with the mumps
 10/09/2007 09:50:16 PM · #20
[quote=Stiger] Pics of a Texas Rat Snake from www.austinreptileservice.net
Pic 2
quote]

The markings are IDENTICAL to this one, unlike any of the vipers.
 10/09/2007 09:59:01 PM · #21
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Read my signature? ;-)

lmao, very nice
 10/09/2007 11:24:58 PM · #22
Originally posted by Gatorguy:
It's a Texas Ratsnake. Granted the head appears more triangular than most, but I'm 99% sure that's what it is.


You know, I was the first to say copperhead, but I wonder now. The triangular appearance of its head common to vipers might an illusion here because the snake is young, and like most young animals the head is disproportionately large (making it look more triangular because of the thin neck).

If Leroy can change his vote to copperhead, I can change my vote to rat snake.
 10/09/2007 11:30:04 PM · #23
It looks like my brother inlaw.........
 10/09/2007 11:42:27 PM · #24
Texas Snakes. net
Closest thing I can find.
It's a flower pot troll snake.
10/09/2007 11:54:36 PM · #25
Being an owner of many cornsnakes - a subspecies of ratsnake - I can confidently say that it is a baby ratsnake - possibly a gray ratsnake or texas ratsnake. Ratsnakes can flatten their heads out to make them look like a venomous species when they feel threatened. My baby cornsnakes do it all the time - it is actually quite funny to see them acting all "big and bad"... they will also rattle their tail against substrate to mimic a rattlesnake.

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