Snake ID Thread

[ceyko]

Texas Rat Snake? Wife found this guy and he got away. Not sure I see anything worth worrying about with him and maybe he is a copperhead slayer for all I know. Having problems finding anything online. Wife described him as around 3' and grey in color....

[Sleeper]

looks harmless. but its all about the head shape and pupils.

[slow99]

Process of elimination is much easier:

1. Rattler?
2. Coral?
3. Cottonmouth?
4. Copperhead?

Clear.

[downshift_me]

Process of elimination is much easier:

1. Dead.

Clear.

I fixed it for you.

[ceyko]

Yeah, guessing rat snake of some sort. Apparently they sprayed it with wasp spray too (just found out). A little bummed since last year we had a lot of copperheads - this year we don't and he is around. Not sure if there is a correlation, but I don't want him dead.

[kingjason]

OK so what is this one. I pitched him back into a tree line. He did his tail like a rattler against the side of the building till I caught him. He was about four foot or a little under.

[YALE]

You picked it up? What is this, Appalachia?

[kingjason]

You picked it up? What is this, Appalachia?

He was in my damn shed, wrapped around my chlorine bucket about waste high. I needed to shock the pool dammit.

[Country cracker]

That flat head looks like what I've always heard them called a spreadin nanner,spreading adder, hog nose.

[Chas_svo]

Jason, that one is a bull snake. Twitching his tail, and the color combo is the key. Not dangerous, and will keep mice and rats eaten.

The first one kinda looks like a coach whip, but if so, he's the fattest one I've ever seen. Did he move extremely fast?

The checklist above is good, and the only snake with a smooth head we have that is venomous is the coral...I think. I've only seen one in my life.

[NTexas_V-Star]

Jason, that one is a bull snake. Twitching his tail, and the color combo is the key. Not dangerous, and will keep mice and rats eaten.

The first one kinda looks like a coach whip, but if so, he's the fattest one I've ever seen. Did he move extremely fast?

The checklist above is good, and the only snake with a smooth head we have that is venomous is the coral...I think. I've only seen one in my life.

I've seen one coral in captivity.

[idrivea4banger]

Fuck this thread with fire!

[line-em-up]

OK so what is this one. I pitched him back into a tree line. He did his tail like a rattler against the side of the building till I caught him. He was about four foot or a little under.

That one does look like a rat snake. Seriously.

[Trip McNeely]

Can some of you ship me these snakes? I have a chipmunk problem and would love to have a predator in my yard.

[petyweestraw]

Texas Rat Snake? Wife found this guy and he got away. Not sure I see anything worth worrying about with him and maybe he is a copperhead slayer for all I know. Having problems finding anything online. Wife described him as around 3' and grey in color....

Hmmmm no idea