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06/13/2004 01:54:07 PM · #1
I was walking today and first thought this was a common Garter snake but the behaviour was different. It puffed its face and it struck...


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06/13/2004 01:58:49 PM · #2
maybe its a species of a puff adder????

puff adder

James
06/13/2004 02:02:11 PM · #3
I am not really sure what it is. But, if I would have seen it out walking I would have ran as fast as I could.

/Hates snakes.
06/13/2004 02:02:59 PM · #4
maybe its not a puff adder.... check this list-o-snakes

Snakes of North America

James
06/13/2004 02:15:00 PM · #5
it seems like behavior of some sort of hognose snake. euther an eastern or western hognose . their defense is ancting like a cobra by puffing up their neck. if they feel realy scared they will play dead and actualy throw up blood.
06/13/2004 02:29:49 PM · #6
WHere did you find the litle guy? how long?
06/13/2004 02:29:57 PM · #7
Hognose snakes usually have stripes that run around the body rather than down the length of it. This just looks like some sort of garter snake. In fact, I first thought it was a Santa Cruz Garter Snake, but unless you shot this in California, it's probably not that.

Garter snakes are harmless, though when they bite, they don't like to let go and it's sometimes a pain in the neck (the snake's neck, of course) to pry its teeth off of you. You probably won't even bleed. Did you pet it?
06/13/2004 02:32:09 PM · #8
Originally posted by amsmyth:

I was walking today and first thought this was a common Garter snake but the behaviour was different. It puffed its face and it struck...


"And it struck." Anne, you can't just leave us there. What did it strike? Are you, your camera, your dogs, okay? And congratulations for catching the image before you and/or the snake left the vicinity!
06/13/2004 03:48:48 PM · #9


"And it struck." Anne, you can't just leave us there. What did it strike? Are you, your camera, your dogs, okay? And congratulations for catching the image before you and/or the snake left the vicinity!

We are fine - the dogs did a reluctant sit stay and I challenged the snake I guess as it struck at my boots. My brother and I used to collect snakes when I was young so I have been bitten by many a garter snake but never saw this behaviour. The snake was about three feet long - I persuaded it to go away by shaking some leaves on a branch in its face. It was not about to let us pass.
06/13/2004 03:52:07 PM · #10
Sure looks like a garter. This time of year, might have been a very pregnant female. It does look rather chubby. That may have changed the behavior.
An interestingfact about Garters is that they are live-bearers, they don't lay eggs.
06/13/2004 03:54:57 PM · #11
I know - my brother took the train from Vt. to Boston with a jar and pregnant grass snake (oviparous) and a pregnant garter - they hatched on the ride and the train car was empty when he was picked up at the station.


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