Post up your Snake Pics!

[rmc85]

Oh. I thought it was you holding the snake

I thought you were talking about the Moccasin's. The black Race I caught in a bush. I went over to my parents house and their elderly neighbor had seen it previous week and she was terrified. I didnt want her to come out of her house and fall or something because of the snake so I caught it and relocated it to a management area.

It a few mins to catch the little guy because Black Racers are FAST! After he got in a bush it was easy because his body was woven in and out of tons of twigs so he couldnt really strike or move fast. I just managed to grab him...

 

[555]

Sadly, for 2010, it has been the year without the camera! I've only got these guys from today:

and while I was at it, I figured everyone could appreciate one of these

Do these grow wild down there and is it legal for me (an out of stater) to come down and hunt for them?

 

[HandofCod]

Some beautiful pics in this thread. I'd like to see more Aussie fauna though, and some guys who don't mind putting their life in danger.

 

[Lycosa]

Great thread! Snakes Rule.

 

[cybrok]

I call this one "group hug"

I found some skins later. Maybe they rub against each other to help remove the skin, or simply to keep their heat.

 

[bladefixation2]

I haven't seen a snake in the wild since I was about 7 years old

We were on holiday in the lake district, walking on a narrow path on a hill. Came round a corner and there was a grass snake, or adder, not sure which, coiled up in the middle of the path. It slid off into the bracken as soon as we approached.

I've been lucky enough to see two snakes in this country, one was an adder which I saw just last year. I almost walked past it even though it was in the middle of the path, you dont expect snakes in the UK! No photos unfortunatley, it stuck around for a minute or two while I looked at it but didnt hang around for long.

 

[Joezilla]

Just checked the traps this morning and found one more!

and plenty of food to keep them happy for the very short time they will be in captivity (will be re-released)

wooot

The new backyard (moved from the cabin into an AWESOME house with the wife)...complete with watersnakes and all the little nooks and crannies to test gear! I'll be making a little damn for a spot up for trout in the coming months.

 

[tknife]

Haven't seen any this year yet, but here are a few different ones from hikes gone by. Southern Pacific rattlers are really common around here, I love watching them

 

[tonym]

Cripes Tony - those N. watersnakes are nasty - how you manage to hold onto that thing?

Yeah, they are nasty SOB's. Usually Cotton Mouths get the rep of being aggressive, but I think N watersnakes are 10 tmes more aggressive than Cotton Mouths. Many snakes calm down after being handled, but Not the N water snake. It will continue to try to bite the sh#t out of you....

 

[555]

wooot

The new backyard (moved from the cabin into an AWESOME house with the wife)...complete with watersnakes and all the little nooks and crannies to test gear! I'll be making a little damn for a spot up for trout in the coming months.

Congratulations on the new place looks great. :thumbup:


Once you move away from city, town or the burbs it'll be hard to move back.

BTW This morning I found my first Box Turtle of the season here. (still working on the Picture.)

 

[TWBryan]

Thanks to all who posted pictures here,I love to see snakes and hear of others experiences with them. I've only seen two this year,a black racer I saved from the elderly senile cat;and the small red belly killed by one of the outdoor cats.

 

[JD Spydo]

Hope you've taken the venom out. Highly poisonous snake.

I know you're just joking because that is not a black mamba that the boy is holding. It looks very similar to those North American Water snakes we have here in Missouri. Even the most experienced of herpotologists usually won't even handle a mamba except under the most extreme safety conditions.

The mambas and taipans are so lightning fast and both carry neurotoxins. The only neurotoxic snake I'm aware of here in North America is the Coral Snake and few people ever encounter them. I have heard that the Mohave Rattlesnake is believed to have venom with neurotoxic properties but is still classified as a hemotoxic snake as most rattlers are.

Seriously people don't ever jack around with either a mamba or taipan. Because if you do your funeral won't be far off

 

[banana-clip]

Nice pics

 

[Joel Stave]

I call this one "group hug"

I found some skins later. Maybe they rub against each other to help remove the skin, or simply to keep their heat.

Those look like garter snakes and that looks like either the beginning or the ending of something called a "mating ball" which is exactly what it sounds like (literally a cluster f***). Was this picture taken in the spring? That is when the mating balls are supposed to happen.

 

[texastonydobbs]

The little green headed snake in the last shot of the first post is a Rough Green Snake. He is a tee dwelling snake living off of small reptiles and insects. He is very long but only slightly bigger around than a stout pencil. He also has a very pretty yellow on it's belly. Very docile and pretty snake.
I hope this helps.

Non Poisonous and the pet stores sale them like crazy.... my son had about 12 of them at one time and they were not from the pet store

 

[rinos]

Unfortunately only this photo,dead Vipera ammodytes,Nose-horned Viper (it wasn't me ),most poisonous European snake.

 

[Evolute]

Up in Northern California Rattlesnakes are everywhere! If you see dry grass, brush, the central valley, or the foothills of the Sierras you can guarantee they are there and not friendly. If your out in summer you better have a shotgun handy otherwise you might not make it very far.

I don't agree.

Yes, there are plenty of rattlesnakes everywhere, in Northern California, but they are not particularly unfriendly, and you don't generally need to have a shotgun handy to make it very far. Rattlesnakes aren't evil and malicious and out to get you. They need to conserve their poison for when they actually need it for hunting or for self defense, and they're not out to envenomate anyone they can at any chance they get (with the possible exception of immature snakes). I've run into plenty of them; I've accidentally stepped on one, barefoot; I've had them slither right over my foot. None have even tried to bite me, yet – just threaten me to leave them alone.

Of course, I'm only speaking as a professional nature and wildlife photographer who has spent a huge amount of time outdoors in my home area of Northern California, and encounters hundreds of them every year, and is usually either barefoot or in light, open-toed sandals – so take my experience for what it is worth.

 

[randomlooker]

I saw a cute little garter snake sunning itself on a rock today on a hike, but it went off and hid before I could get a picture...

 

[CaptInsano]

I love snakes!!!

 

[CaptInsano]