What kind of snake is this?

though coral snakes fall under the general if its stripped and flashy don't touch it rule.

boomslangs are adorable. thank you for pointing that out, if ever I somehow found one I may have been inclined to snuggle with it.
 
I would have let that little guy keep breathing but I can understand your reaction. No one wants to be at home and find a snake at their feet! I let all the non-venomous one keep roaming.

Black Racer I caught a few months back...

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4 foot Water Moccasin I found this weekend...

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R.A.T. said:
Whoa, wait a minute, If you pegged me for some kind of Animals Rights person you went down the wrong track. The more snakes are in the world, the less rats! I just don't screw with nature that much unless I'm hungry. Then all bets are off!
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Why don't you like rats?
 
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This charming little fellow is
the second or third most venomous snake in the world is the Australian Eastern Brown Snake. MOST people would know not to mess with one.
great post -like it.
 
As stated by a few posters...

It's a baby Gopher or Bull snake. We've caught dozens of Gopher snakes in Cali and Bull snakes are all over here in ND.

They are VERY similiar, with the Bulls getting a little bigger.

Either way...in your panic you whacked a very useful and harmless snake. Cool cat though...brave too.:D
 
Snake killing should stop. We know how important snakes are to the ecology.
 
I wish I could tell people that too, but being in the south, and half the time at the hunting plantation in the DEEP south, its hard to profess it without pissing everyone off. You learn to pick your battles I guess. Not everyone shares the same opinions and you and I have, and we should try to look where their coming from. Just try to educate them and let them know.

I've at least got the guys down at the plantation to keep anything with BLACK on it alive. We've lost dogs down there due to snakes, and although I'm a proponent and a fighter for Eastern Diamondback conservation, I can't change everyone's mind. One must be...diplomatic. Its hard being an Ambassador for other species :P
 
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Wow great info Joe. I am in NW Florida and live on a pond, so I have all types of snakes I see. I don't kill them, but am curious as to their species. Most of neighbors see a snake and immediatley think it is a moccasin.
The info about the eyes and tail is very informative. Thanks.

Tim
 
I read through the whole thread and I just want to let everyone have a little warning about snakes, now, in The United States. Be very careful, there have been freak accidents, like a woman unloading rattan furniture that was bitten by a Krait here in Maryland years ago. Freak accident but someone could have picked it up just thinking it was a colorful and harmless snake and with deadly results...as happened to her.

Add to the increase in overseas shipments that can contain snakes and other animals foreign to this country are people who keep them as pets and/or breed them. My Uncle Nat was a Veterinarian and had Rattlesnakes (and lions too!), Bushmasters and a Fer de Lance and this was back in the 70s. He used to take them around to public schools for shows.

You never know what has been shipped here and if it got loose or whatever so snakes are a really cool thing to study for many reasons, this is one of them.

The only two Rattlesnakes I have killed, I ate. I generally don't kill snakes but don't really look down on those that do unless they're just killing non-venomous snakes out of the sheer joy of killing a snake which tends to piss me off. I caught a little Ringneck snake, which is a rare thing to find because they are quite nocturnal and tried to keep him as a pet but he was too finicky and wouldn't eat anything so I took him right back where I found him.

They're fascinating to watch. I even knew a Pawn Shop right outside of Pound, Virginia that had cages in there and they would let them (Rattlers) out at night. :D
 
Don Rearic said:
My Uncle Nat was a Veterinarian and had Rattlesnakes (and lions too!), Bushmasters and a Fer de Lance and this was back in the 70s. He used to take them around to public schools for shows.
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I do the same thing here. A couple of us do venom education classes for MDs, nurses, and other EMS agencies. I take some of the local herps along to show the folks what they look like, and to help them see the differences between the average copperhead / corn snake and cottonmouths / water snakes, etc.

And, sadly, as in all hobbies, there are those who are just plain stupid about what/how they keep, so escapes are not unknown. Nor are those idiots who threaten public safety folks with them. Won't be long and it will be illegal to keep hots.
 
It's a neonate (new born) "Pituophis catenifer" or otherwise known as a - new born Gopher Snake.

Here is a pic of a mature one
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