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Kaneman
03-27-2011, 10:52 AM
We came across this guy yesterday on a bicycle ride with the dogs. Can someone ID him please?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/PsychoMedic/Android%20Uploads/IMAG0184.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/PsychoMedic/Android%20Uploads/IMAG0185.jpg
Dave
03-27-2011, 11:19 AM
wish youd got the shot head on but from the head shape id say it was not a huge worry. maybe a black rat snake? kinda out of their range though
Captain Morgan
03-27-2011, 11:22 AM
First thing that comes to mind is a rat snake
Captain Morgan
03-27-2011, 11:30 AM
might be a texas indigo snake, although it looks a little light in color
tommymac
03-27-2011, 11:58 AM
from what I can see of the shape of its head I am thinking some sort of bull or gopher snake, def not anything venemous though.
derf
03-27-2011, 12:12 PM
its an adolescent Egyptian cobra.

http://gothamist.com/2011/03/27/anyone_seen_the_bronx_zoos_cobra.php
Kaneman
03-27-2011, 12:31 PM
Rat snake had my vote too. You can see that he has a bite out of his side so he may have been injured. He had a fair amount of trouble navigating on the concrete so I helped him back into the grass and he took off. He had a pointy tail and a small head. When I got close to him he began twitching his tail...
tommymac
03-27-2011, 12:34 PM
Rat snake had my vote too. You can see that he has a bite out of his side so he may have been injured. He had a fair amount of trouble navigating on the concrete so I helped him back into the grass and he took off. He had a pointy tail and a small head. When I got close to him he began twitching his tail...

Most snakes mimic the rattlers and shake their tales if theyre scared/angry. I am going to need to do some research on this now, its a nice looking snake though so you know I prolly would have taken him home LOL
Trip
03-27-2011, 01:29 PM
If I would of been there, it would of been the ever so vicious dead snake.
Razor
03-27-2011, 01:44 PM
Kind of looks like either a speckled or desert kingsnake...
tommymac
03-27-2011, 01:45 PM
take a look through some of these.

http://www.texassnakes.net/pictures.html
Trip
03-27-2011, 01:54 PM
look at the logo on their site
Trip
03-27-2011, 01:56 PM
I would have to murder this thing immediately.

http://www.texassnakes.net/March%2018,%202007%20038.jpg
tommymac
03-27-2011, 02:20 PM
Why all the hatred of my legless friends, they are nicer than some of the winners you see at walmart :lol:
Trip
03-27-2011, 02:42 PM
Why all the hatred of my legless friends, they are nicer than some of the winners you see at walmart :lol:

Spend your life growing up around water moccasins, those are vicious little fuckers. They don't give a fuck, they know one thing. ATTACK!!!!
tommymac
03-27-2011, 02:48 PM
Spend your life growing up around water moccasins, those are vicious little fuckers. They don't give a fuck, they know one thing. ATTACK!!!!

I owned a few reticulated pythons, granted theyre not venemous but are equally as vicious. But I do agree with ya on the cotton mouths they are some nasty buggers.
KSGregman
03-27-2011, 03:06 PM
I would have to murder this thing immediately.

http://www.texassnakes.net/March%2018,%202007%20038.jpg

With fire...and EXTREME prejudice.
101lifts2
03-27-2011, 03:33 PM
I would def. ID it like I'd be outta there. lol
Particle Man
03-27-2011, 03:39 PM
I would have to murder this thing immediately.

http://www.texassnakes.net/March%2018,%202007%20038.jpg
Yeah with a grenade from 50 yards...
tommymac
03-27-2011, 03:40 PM
I would have to murder this thing immediately.

http://www.texassnakes.net/March%2018,%202007%20038.jpg

I want one of those now :)
101lifts2
03-27-2011, 03:45 PM
What kind of snake is that? Looks vicious.
Particle Man
03-27-2011, 03:48 PM
What kind of snake is that? Looks vicious.

A dead one if I were even in the same zip code.
Captain Morgan
03-27-2011, 04:20 PM
Thanks to tommy, it's a speckled kingsnake.

http://www.texassnakes.net/Speckled.htm
dReWpY
03-27-2011, 07:10 PM
I want one of those now :)

i would love to have a hog snake...
i am currently getting a garter snake that is huge, fat and very pissed off
dReWpY
03-27-2011, 07:11 PM
We came across this guy yesterday on a bicycle ride with the dogs. Can someone ID him please?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/PsychoMedic/Android%20Uploads/IMAG0184.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/PsychoMedic/Android%20Uploads/IMAG0185.jpg

Kingsnake of some sort..
tommymac
03-27-2011, 07:15 PM
i would love to have a hog snake...
i am currently getting a garter snake that is huge, fat and very pissed off

most garter snakes are pissed off. I caught one when I was a kid and my parents freaked because it bit me, if they only knew what laid ahead :lol:
dReWpY
03-27-2011, 07:28 PM
i know they are under appreciated cause they were all over when we were kids, but they are actually pretty cool snakes
LeeNetworX
03-27-2011, 08:01 PM
That's George; he's OK.
Gas Man
03-27-2011, 11:32 PM
I'm with trip and I pack gun... Dead snake is all it would be.
Adeptus_Minor
03-27-2011, 11:33 PM
Thanks to tommy, it's a speckled kingsnake.

http://www.texassnakes.net/Speckled.htm

Damn good snake to have around.
They tend to prey upon venomous snakes. :dthumb:
tommymac
03-27-2011, 11:36 PM
Damn good snake to have around.
They tend to prey upon venomous snakes. :dthumb:

king snakes do eat other snakes and I know the cali kings eat rattlers. I dont know if other species of kings eat rattlers orother venemous species
Adeptus_Minor
03-27-2011, 11:39 PM
king snakes do eat other snakes and I know the cali kings eat rattlers. I dont know if other species of kings eat rattlers orother venemous species

I can't verify, but I know that my grandfather (who normally kills most snakes he encounters) expressed regret when he accidentally killed a kingsnake with the lawnmower. Apparently it had been living on our property for a while and he was happy to have it there. :idk:
Trip
03-27-2011, 11:41 PM
What kind of snake is that? Looks vicious.

mine was eastern hognose, it's nonvenomous. It looks freakin psycho though.

http://www.texassnakes.net/Hognose.html
Razor
03-28-2011, 03:37 AM
All Kingsnakes will eat other snakes, poisonous or not. North American kingsnakes are immune to the venom of North American poisonous snakes (rattlers, cottonmouths, copperheads, even corals) but not neccesarily poisonous snakes from other places. They are very good to have around to keep down the populations of other snakes and rodents and they can get pretty big. I saw one in Osceola National forest about 6-7 ft long laying in the road and when it saw me it literally launched itself from the edge of the road and cleared about a 12 ft wide ditch to land and disappear into the woods.
AquaPython
03-28-2011, 10:52 AM
hmm,
What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blacksnake. But it ain't too goddamned boku.
Adeptus_Minor
03-28-2011, 09:00 PM
All Kingsnakes will eat other snakes, poisonous or not. North American kingsnakes are immune to the venom of North American poisonous snakes (rattlers, cottonmouths, copperheads, even corals) but not neccesarily poisonous snakes from other places. They are very good to have around to keep down the populations of other snakes and rodents and they can get pretty big.

See, that's what I had always heard and why I can't subscribe to the "ALL SNAKES MUST DIE!!!" mentality.
I figure a snake that helps police its own deserves my respect. :dthumb:
tommymac
03-28-2011, 09:38 PM
See, that's what I had always heard and why I can't subscribe to the "ALL SNAKES MUST DIE!!!" mentality.
I figure a snake that helps police its own deserves my respect. :dthumb:

So youre endorsing canibalism then :lol:

people dont realize most snakes are good since the eat rodents and other pests :)
Trip
03-28-2011, 09:42 PM
Tommy, I am surprised you aren't at the Bronx Zoo trying to steal the missing Egyptian Cobra.
Adeptus_Minor
03-29-2011, 12:16 AM
So you're endorsing cannibalism then :lol:

people dont realize most snakes are good since the eat rodents and other pests :)

I absolutely do!
And yeah, places that don't have at least a moderate snake population have issues with rats and other vermin.
Gas Man
03-29-2011, 05:43 AM
I don't believe we have many snakes in michigan and we don't hv a big rat issue. Maybe in detroit they hv a mild rat issue (mild compared to like ny).
dReWpY
03-29-2011, 06:08 AM
I don't believe we have many snakes in michigan and we don't hv a big rat issue. Maybe in detroit they hv a mild rat issue (mild compared to like ny).

have u looked on your voting ballet, its full of rats!
Gas Man
03-29-2011, 06:10 AM
No those are rats, wiesels, scum, snakes, and low life pos.
tommymac
03-29-2011, 07:03 AM
No those are rats, wiesels, scum, snakes, and low life pos.

Please refrain from including my legless friends with such individuals LOL

Tommy, I am surprised you aren't at the Bronx Zoo trying to steal the missing Egyptian Cobra.

You kidding, enough people think I had something to do with it :lol:
the chi
04-04-2011, 08:55 AM
You snake haters do realize that if you kill all the snakes, both good and bad kinds, that we'd have waaaaaay worse issues right? Moles, rats, mice, all those nasty birds ppl hate, etc would pretty much overrun things...and since vermin carry disease, hello plague, etc.
Trip
04-04-2011, 09:14 AM
You snake haters do realize that if you kill all the snakes, both good and bad kinds, that we'd have waaaaaay worse issues right? Moles, rats, mice, all those nasty birds ppl hate, etc would pretty much overrun things...and since vermin carry disease, hello plague, etc.

You realize I have no issue murdering the shit out of them too. I am just as likely to kill all the snakes as I am the vermin.
Particle Man
04-04-2011, 09:18 AM
You snake haters do realize that if you kill all the snakes, both good and bad kinds, that we'd have waaaaaay worse issues right? Moles, rats, mice, all those nasty birds ppl hate, etc would pretty much overrun things...and since vermin carry disease, hello plague, etc.

.22 hollowpoints. Problem solved.