Took the kids to town today and baugt some mice and crickets, ate a little pizza, grabbed some movies and headed back home... Pulling up to the house I had the idea to go driving so told everyone to stay in the van while I ran inside to grab a couple DP's and a flashlight... Since my wife had never come along, this was a real treat... The first snake we found was this young western cottonmouth (agkinstrodon piscivorus leucostoma)...
Haven't taken the time to get up close and personal with this one yet, but he looks to be between 14 and 18 inches...
Next we found the smaller of these two southern copperheads (agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) which I estimate at about 12 inches... These are some seriously beautiful snakes...
I didn't expect to see more than one snake cause it was a very short ride, I didn't grab anything to put them in... Left the camera at home and figured I would just put one in the bucket I keep in the van if I found one... Actually had this smaller snake in a paper bag (lol) and the cottonmouth in the bucket till we got home...
After we got home, I took the snakes over to my neighbor's (the guy that brings me snakes all the time) so he could have a look... Walking back to the house while carrying the other snakes and my flash light, I almost stepped on the bigger copperhead (about 20 inches) at the corner of his house...
My son took off running for the van to get my stick... Well, I hope you guys enjoy the story and pics... cheers...
