Identification???
Got this picture emailed to me today by the insurance guy... He is trying to find out what kind of a snake this is??? The picture is from his phone and it pretty much sucks :) Help if you can...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59974359@N08/5494231839/ |
By the way, I was going with Cottonmouth because the scales appear to be keeled, but I cant really see the head...
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I agree.......the picture does suck. ;)
If I had to make a guess I would too go with a cotton mouth. |
Awesome, I posted it on facebook too and I got a response of a Brown Water Snake... So now Im in a loop :)
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That is a good possibility too. Wedged head = cotton mouth, head shaped more like a king snake = water snake. |
looks like a brown water snake to me, they do sometimes have a larger head than many other colubrids. many water snakes i catch will commonly flatten out their heads and puff up at the same time to make themselves look more impressive
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Cottonmouths don't have a saddle pattern. No way that's a cottonmouth. If I had to guess, I'd say a Nerodia ssp. or some sort of ugly Pantherophis ssp. A face shot would have been nice and an explanation of the habitat it was found in. I assume the location was around what you've listed on your profile?
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I agree with Acid Rainbow.
Cottonmouths have banded patterns - not blotched. My first thought was that's a Brown Water Snake. Here's a Western Cottonmouth I found in October: http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...ad/cotton6.jpg |
Yep, definitely brown water snake. Browns tend to have a unique bulldog appearance to them too. I think it's because they have such big eyes. Browns also don't get to be as chunky as a cottonmouth, and can get a bit longer.
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He tried to describe it to me, but apparently he was a sissy and ran off screaming :)
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