Any Snake Experts?

[toppick08 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by kwillia

So. It doesn't look like one.

It's a fake picture.

It is........

[kwillia]

Here is a really good website for identifying your Texas snakes.

NON-POISONOUS: THE VENOMOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS - Other Non-Venomous Texas Snakes - Species Index

POISONOUS: THE VENOMOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS - An Online Herepetological Resource Since 1997 - Species Index

I think it favors the (non-poisonous) desert king snake.

THE VENOMOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS - Gerald Keown's Herpetological Resource Site - Other Non-Venomous Snakes - Desert Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula splendida

[kwillia]

Originally Posted by toppick08

It is........

How do you know? How many Texas cottonmouth's have you encountered...

Here is the western cottonmouth... WESTERN COTTONMOUTH

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by kwillia

Looks like a poisonous head shape to me. Poisonous snakes tend to have triangle heads because of their venom pits. I see a triangle, but the pic isn't clear. I'm thinking one of the many rattle snake varieties in Texas. Put him in a bucket and take him out for a long ride and release....

HA! There was no way I was gonna mess with that aggressive little bugger, I shot that picture very carefully. We have a lot of snakes around here, relocating one would be just a drop in the bucket. This is why every pic of my kids outside shows them in cowboy boots and jeans, my relatives laugh but I've ran across about 5 or 6 snakes in the last year and half the time I didn't notice them until they either rattled or coiled up. I just leave the critters alone, they go on their merry way pretty quickly once you retreat. Hubby on the other hand kills any snake on sight in kind of a horrified violent rage that I find it rather unnerving. Snakes make a lot of folks crazy....

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by toppick08

She's in Texas...Western Cottonmouth........

She should try SoTX.com

[toppick08 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by kwillia

How do you know? How many Texas cottonmouth's have you encountered...

Here is the western cottonmouth... WESTERN COTTONMOUTH

I've encountered many cottonmouths..................Western, Florida .......all in the Magnolia State......don't get me started.

[kwillia]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

HA! There was no way I was gonna mess with that aggressive little bugger, I shot that picture very carefully. We have a lot of snakes around here, relocating one would be just a drop in the bucket. This is why every pic of my kids outside shows them in cowboy boots and jeans, my relatives laugh but I've ran across about 5 or 6 snakes in the last year and half the time I didn't notice them until they either rattled or coiled up. I just leave the critters alone, they go on their merry way pretty quickly once you retreat. Hubby on the other hand kills any snake on sight in kind of a horrified violent rage that I find it rather unnerving. Snakes make a lot of folks crazy....

I'm glad you let them go in their merry way. You sure do have plenty of snake varieties in Texas so it seems the best approach. My husband used to kill snakes at first sight too... but I've convinced him to treat them differently and now we shoo them away. They serve a great purpose in our eco-system.

[DoWhat]

Originally Posted by kwillia

They serve a great purpose in our eco-system.

Until they bite the dumb dog.
I only kill copperheads, and the pups will now let me know where they are.

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

HA! There was no way I was gonna mess with that aggressive little bugger, I shot that picture very carefully. We have a lot of snakes around here, relocating one would be just a drop in the bucket. This is why every pic of my kids outside shows them in cowboy boots and jeans, my relatives laugh but I've ran across about 5 or 6 snakes in the last year and half the time I didn't notice them until they either rattled or coiled up. I just leave the critters alone, they go on their merry way pretty quickly once you retreat. Hubby on the other hand kills any snake on sight in kind of a horrified violent rage that I find it rather unnerving. Snakes make a lot of folks crazy....

Yep! Thats me!! Hubby and I would get along great! I know its not right, I guess.

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by kwillia

I'm glad you let them go in their merry way. You sure do have plenty of snake varieties in Texas so it seems the best approach. My husband used to kill snakes at first sight too... but I've convinced him to treat them differently and now we shoo them away. They serve a great purpose in our eco-system.

Thanks for the links, I poked around there for a bit but I didn't see anything real close. They wanted a donation to ID a pic . I figure it's good to keep anything alive that keeps the rodent population down. I sent the pic to my horse trainer, she's pretty well versed on the local fauna.