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09/30/2005 12:27:42 PM · #1 |
I found this snake in my yard when I came home from school half an hour ago. I thought it was one of those non-poisonous Anguis fragilis ('blindworm'). After googling, I realized it was not.
Can anyone tell me what snake this is? Is it poisonous?
Edit: It's about 90cm/35inch long. Should I worry about my bunny in its cage in the yard?
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 12:32:37.
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09/30/2005 12:39:16 PM · #2 |
I don't know if this is true or not....
I was told one time that snake that have the slitted pupils are poisonous but the ones with the round pupils (like the photo) are non-poisonous.
Does anyone know if that's true?
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09/30/2005 12:42:29 PM · #3 |
Well I think you should still worry about the bunny in the cage. He might catch a cold outside.
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09/30/2005 12:46:13 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by colyla:
I don't know if this is true or not....
I was told one time that snake that have the slitted pupils are poisonous but the ones with the round pupils (like the photo) are non-poisonous.
Does anyone know if that's true? |
Rule of thumb, but not always true
Read more about this here
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09/30/2005 01:06:50 PM · #5 |
i think the only native venomous snakes in europe are vipers, which have triangular heads and even a handy "V" sort of mark sometimes.
probably a grass snake.
Reptiles of Europe
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 13:15:41.
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09/30/2005 01:14:06 PM · #6 |
| I'd ba carefull. Large eyes, Big mouth, slender body. Did it take to the trees? |
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09/30/2005 01:14:16 PM · #7 |
There are only a limited number of poisonous snakes in the US:
Rattlesnakes (easy enough to distinguish)
Cottonmouth
Copperhead - both snakes are in the SE United States.
Coral Snakes (also easy enough to roughly distinguish (yes, there are mimics, but the colors easily make your snake not one of these).
So, based on that, it's unlikely your snake was poisonous. Vipers have slitted pupils. I do know the coral snake is not a viper so may not have those eyes...
OK, nevermind, I don't know what made me think you were in the US. It's not an assumption I usually make, but did for some reason here...
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09/30/2005 01:20:02 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BlackDot:
Did it take to the trees? |
I don't understand.
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09/30/2005 01:29:09 PM · #9 |
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09/30/2005 01:35:05 PM · #10 |
regardless of if it's poisonous or not, great photo. :)
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09/30/2005 01:36:44 PM · #11 |
Looks like a female grass snake.
Is this it?
//www.herpetofauna.co.uk/grass_snake.htm
DOH!
You beat me greatandsmall!!!
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 13:37:42.
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09/30/2005 02:06:25 PM · #12 |
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09/30/2005 02:23:23 PM · #13 |
Looks very similar to my Kunishar rat snake in form (different coloring of course), so I am inclined to label it a rat snake.
(Rat snakes, corn snakes, etc.) are all considered on the more docile side and I believe are all non-poisonous. |
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09/30/2005 03:20:49 PM · #14 |
Funny that your first reaction was to go grab a camera. :)
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09/30/2005 04:07:48 PM · #15 |
When I just saw the title of this thread, I'd just been reading these instructions on visiting the Keck Observatories in Hawaii:
A four-wheel-drive vehicle is required beyond the 9,200 foot level as the air is too thin to adequately cool a vehicle's brakes upon descent.
The road above the OCIA to the Mauna Kea Observatories is unpaved, rough, steep, winding, and dangerous. Only four-wheel-drive vehicles are permitted above the OCIA. The road can be traversed in about half an hour in good weather, but extreme caution must be exercised when driving it, particularly on the descent. Use low gear and be on the lookout for slide areas and for loose gravel. Do not drive over 25 mph. Use headlights if it is foggy. The switchback section of the road above OCIA is particularly hazardous during the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset, because of the low elevation of the Sun - in several sections of the road, you must drive directly towards the Sun, so it is very difficult to see oncoming traffic. |
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