Snake ID

[JK Knives]

Came across this guy this afternoon by the canal when we were hiking.

 

[tinctorus]

Looks like some type of bull snake to me, but without better/more pictures it is kind of hard to tell

 

[JK Knives]

He was swimming in the river, then came up on shore.

 

[OwenM]

Must be one of them water snakes, then

Seriously...northern water snake.

 

[mrbear]

Yummm......

 

[Joel Stave]

I can't quite make it out -- what's that it's eating -- a frog? A fish? A happy meal?

 

[theamazingdrew]

northern water snake,

 

[dipbait]

Hed make a cool hatband.

 

[udtjim]

Bull Snake.

 

[adamajc]

100% Nothern watersnake.

 

[j williams]

northern water snake....

 

[Lycosa]

Diamondback Water Snake?

 

[freedoom]

Just a box.

 

[Facebacon]

a northern bull water snake?

 

[MikeyJ]

Definitely a Northern Water Snake. Non-venomous, and typically non-aggressive, although can strike when provoked. Pretty cool pic of it eating...

Would make a nice inlay on a custom leather sheath...:thumbup:

 

[sambo.]

it would help a lot to know exactly where you were when you took the picture.

country/state. alpine/desert. etc.

some snakes look very similar to others but only inhabit specific terrain/territory.

 

[Pine_Tree]

Copperheaded Rattlemoccasin

 

[JCavSD]

That's Leroy.

 

[wdtorque]

Copperheaded Rattlemoccasin

and he might have some CamoCoral Snake in him too. Bout covers it.

Laughing too hard. Looks like he was eating a tadpole to me.

 

[RussB]

Looks like the water snakes we have around here but ours are more uniform brown with less
distinct markings.

It's amazing how many people I know assume they're cotton mouths and shoot them on sight... It's easy to tell the difference even from a distance but most people seem pretty
ignorant when it comes to snakes.