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re: Snake ID. Settle a debate

Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:13 am to
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:13 am to
tough call. I'll say moccasin. its pits and eyes scream cottonmouth.

here is a yellow bellied water snake.



Posted by OldSouth
Folsom, LA
Member since Oct 2011
10995 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:18 am to
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According to most of the posters on this board you should give it any spare cash you have and let it date your daughter.


Posted by sharpshooter
Member since Jan 2010
161 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:34 am to
quote:

to try to imitate rattlesnakes


Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86680 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:35 am to
Uh, that's exactly what's going on. BTW, those are not pits. There really nothing about the snake that would say cottonmouth.
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
23057 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:40 am to
Really? The flat raccoon bands around the eyes dont say Moccasin? I disagree.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86680 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:43 am to
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The flat raccoon bands around the eyes dont say Moccasin?
I don't know what that means. I looked back at the eye section. Nothing that looks like Mr. Cotton. What the snake is doing with his head is designed to make him look like something he is not. Not unlike a Hognose doing the Cobra stance. It's one of the reasons so many yella bellieds are killed.
Posted by NicoBlues
I eat frogs
Member since Dec 2009
15048 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:44 am to
quote:

to try to imitate rattlesnakes


quote:




Who you dopin'
Posted by EMP40 LSU
Member since Mar 2010
387 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:46 am to
That's a moccasin.
Posted by Flair Chops
to the west, my soul is bound
Member since Nov 2010
35648 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:48 am to
we just had a load of pipe come into the yard from houston and there was a chicken snake that hitched a ride in one of the joints of pipe.
Posted by NicoBlues
I eat frogs
Member since Dec 2009
15048 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:50 am to
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That's a moccasin.


Dont believe it is. look at those bright yellow belly scales
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61742 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:51 am to
Posted by NicoBlues
I eat frogs
Member since Dec 2009
15048 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:53 am to
quote:

KingRanch


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Posted by CadesCove
Mounting the Woman
Member since Oct 2006
40828 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:53 am to
That serpent is subtle. I agree that he should be killed for being a wanna-be moccasin.
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
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61742 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:55 am to
Posted by windriver
West Monroe/San Diego
Member since Mar 2006
8656 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:07 am to
That is a cottonmouth.
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
23057 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:18 am to
quote:

I don't know what that means. I looked back at the eye section.


here ya go dude. I still think its a Mocassin.


Note the vertical catlike pupils the Cottonmouth has, much unlike the round ones of the common water snake. These are hidden by over-hanging brows and a black band across the face to camouflage the eyes.

Look closely and you will see a "pit" between the eyes and nostrils of the snake which detect warm-blooded prey. Cottonmouth Moccasins fall in the pit-viper group of snakes, so named because of this distinctive pit.

Posted by faxis
La.
Member since Oct 2007
7773 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:39 am to
Are we gonna get a second picture of this thing or not?

Somebody should have just flipped it over and shot a pic of the tail and this would be over.
Posted by USMCTiger03
Member since Sep 2007
71176 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:42 am to
quote:

It's one of the reasons so many yella bellieds are killed.
Well then, frick them.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
22276 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:44 am to
Pissed off yellow-bellied water snake, bluffing.


As others have already said.




This post was edited on 5/22/12 at 10:45 am
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61742 posts
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:45 am to
thats what we've been saying
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