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06/17/2005 04:38:51 PM · #1 |
I came upon this fellow today. Does anyone know what it is? (I have already determined that it is indeed a snake.)
I live in Oklahoma City if that is of any use to anyone.
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06/17/2005 04:49:14 PM · #2 |
| Looks like a Prairie Kingsnake to me. |
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06/17/2005 04:51:01 PM · #3 |
Wow, my wife would flip out if she saw a snake like that by our house. She'd definitely have us moving. Nice shot!
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06/17/2005 05:01:16 PM · #4 |
| Seems to me that anyone who can tolerate Slippy could also handle Slithery. ;-) |
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06/17/2005 05:06:54 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Wow, my wife would flip out if she saw a snake like that by our house. She'd definitely have us moving. Nice shot! |
I may move myself!
I live about 2 1/2 miles north from downtown OKC and have been here for nearly seven years. This is only the second time that I have seen a snake near my house. The other was last summer and the fellow was meandering up my drive way from the street.
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06/17/2005 05:09:46 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Seems to me that anyone who can tolerate Slippy could also handle Slithery. ;-) |
LOL! I guess I left myself open for that one!
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06/17/2005 05:13:12 PM · #7 |
I am not from your part of the world, but that snake sure looks like the common watersnake
See here |
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06/17/2005 05:26:08 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
I am not from your part of the world, but that snake sure looks like the common watersnake
See here |
I like the nonvenemous part of the description! Thank you for the link.
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06/17/2005 06:00:00 PM · #9 |
i think that guy looks great in that neon glow pink shirt...
nonvenomous doesn't mean they don't hurt when they bite... i've been biten by a few large water snakes, and it hurts !
we used to wrangle them when we were kids.
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06/17/2005 07:28:20 PM · #10 |
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06/17/2005 08:33:33 PM · #11 |
Looks like a gopher snake to me! We have a lot of them here in Colorado.
Gopher Snakes
Message edited by author 2005-06-17 20:37:16. |
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06/17/2005 09:42:08 PM · #12 |
That is very hypnotizing!
Originally posted by MWitt:
Looks like a gopher snake to me! We have a lot of them here in Colorado.
Gopher Snakes
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Thanks. It may be a gopher snake. However, it does seem to resemble more a water snake as has been suggested.
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06/18/2005 01:50:44 AM · #13 |
The snake is not a water snake. It may be a transplant. It looks like a Gray Rat Snake. The markings on the head and the patterns are identicle to Rat Snakes I have handled. Rat Snakes have many variations in color and markings.
Message edited by author 2005-06-18 01:52:12. |
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06/18/2005 02:20:29 AM · #14 |
Here you can access list of some if not all snakes from North America
//www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/SoNA.html
I personally thought it could be a watersnake from the photos on this site check out the Diamondback Water Snake and the Nothern Water Snake. The colors arent exact but the markings seem to be similar. I can't quite tell from the photos.... |
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06/18/2005 03:53:52 AM · #15 |
does it stop? I couldn't handle it anymore... :0) |
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06/18/2005 08:58:55 AM · #16 |
No, no, you are all wrong :o)
As an old man I knew in Lubbock used to say, they're all "copper headed water rattlers" and poison as hell. MOVE! |
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06/18/2005 11:03:35 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by 4N4M:
No, no, you are all wrong :o)
As an old man I knew in Lubbock used to say, they're all "copper headed water rattlers" and poison as hell. MOVE! |
Well, when all the folks that live where there are poisonous snakes up and move.... do let me know.... I always wanted to own a home in some southern state. If they decided to all move at the same time,, I bet the prices would be real low.....hehehehehehe.
Seriously, I don't know what to tell you. A lot of the folks that live in the south seem to suggest it is a poisonous snake, and since they live there and are more familiar with your local variety of snakes, they may be right. All I can tell you is that if I saw a snake of that description where I live, I would not hesitate to try and pick it up, as I believe it to be a water snake.
To be on the safe side, take pics of it from a distance.
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06/18/2005 01:59:56 PM · #18 |
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