I've no idea if this one is poisonous or not.
Purty...
So. It doesn't look like one.............you ever been in a boat with one.....I have....down south, moccasin.......means only one snake..they will chase your ass and you will leave the boat.
Eastern DiamondBacks are bigger....................that's a small 'rattler....
Can anybody tell me what this ugly cuss might be? He decided to slither up on my back deck and hang out for a while. I stopped hubby from whacking him with a shovel but I've no idea if this one is poisonous or not. I'm in Texas now by the way.
Common Garter Snake
NOT poisonous.
FYI - Cotton mouths are not found north of Norfolk VA
So. It doesn't look like one.
It's a fake picture.
It is........
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....
She's in Texas...Western Cottonmouth........
How do you know? How many Texas cottonmouth's have you encountered...
Here is the western cottonmouth... WESTERN COTTONMOUTH
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....
They serve a great purpose in our eco-system.
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.