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snake id (finished skin pic added)
mullet:
What's on the tail? ???
NTD:
;) ;D
I think Ken's a pretty smart guy and unless he's just trying to mess with us wouldn't have guessed Moccasin if it had a rattle...Just saying...
Kitsu:
--- Quote from: Irontom on August 21, 2010, 10:41:01 pm ---Thats the beauty of North America. The hot snakes are easily identified by that triangular head shape. It's the venom glands, makes the back of there cheeks stick out. Also the slit pupil vs. a round pupil, but who gets that close to a snake that hasn't already identified it right?
Remember this only applies to North America. Anywhere else in the world, all bets are off. Oh yeah, and Florida too... might be easier to identify what doesn't live there, eh?
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you have forgotten about coral snakes, but obviously, dont want to get this thread sidetracked, soooo just wanted to correct you a bit lol
yeah, ide prolly say cottonmouth, makes the most sense
ken75:
sorry it took so long busy day no rattles at all and eddie it was hit by a car just ahead of me yesterday just cut it off the board came out nice.might be able to split it down the middle. i think its a young mocassin that hasnt darkened up yet ive seen a bunch this year that havent turned dark for some reason. their patern really stands out
JustinNC:
--- Quote from: cowboy on August 22, 2010, 11:23:54 am ---Yep, that triangle head and hooded eyes are a dead givaway. but the patterning on the back looks a lot like the non-venomous diamond back water snakes we have around here..
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Dont let the triangle head fool you. While pit vipers (Copperheads, rattlers, moccasins) all have a triangle head, a lot of harmless watersnakes do as well.
The give away on a cottonmouth is the dark horizontal band across the eye. I dont care if the snake is old and hardly has any pattern, or if it's a new born that still has a yellow tail (GIVE AWAY FOR A JUVY COPPERHEAD OR COTTONMOUTH!!!!, yellow tip of the tail!!), it will still have the dark horizontal band across the eye.
But yes, cottonmouth.
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