User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:37:09 PM EDT
Some ppl are telling me its a rat snake but with the disclaimer they dont really know what they are talking about. I look at pics of rat snake and dont see it. Id have thought it was a rattlesnake by the pattern but theres no rattle at the end. head is def bigger than the body.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:37:44 PM EDT
[#1]
Where are the pics?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:38:12 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Where are the pics? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:38:25 PM EDT
[#3]
Really hard to tell without pics
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:38:27 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Where are the pics? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:38:45 PM EDT
[#5]
Alabama Black Snake. Too Buku
Black Rat Snake |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:38:45 PM EDT
[#6]
this thread sucks without pics
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:39:09 PM EDT
[#7]
It's a rat snake.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:39:47 PM EDT
[#8]
That's a barass snake. I can tell he's not venomous. He doesn't have the evil.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:39:49 PM EDT
[#9]
Not sure, but it's not a Rattler..Look at it's head.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:40:06 PM EDT
[#10]
A small one
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:40:53 PM EDT
[#11]
Eastern Rat Snake, juvenile
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:41:04 PM EDT
[#12]
Smart Phone Snake.
Nests in later versions of i-Phone and all Androids. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:43:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Anti Rodent snake.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:43:23 PM EDT
[#14]
It's a cotton mouth, be careful. Kill that thing before it kills you.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:43:34 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's a rat snake. this !!! |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:44:49 PM EDT
[#16]
You can't really think that's a rattlesnake, can you?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:48:23 PM EDT
[#17]
Good snake. Let it live.
Edit: a tiny baby good snake |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:48:30 PM EDT
[#18]
OP. Did you stage the picture? Or is that your pet?
I only ask because the 7" garter snake that breached my castle the other day got dealt with impunity. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:49:12 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's a rat snake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:50:02 PM EDT
[#20]
Pantherophis spiloides
Gray Rat Snake |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:50:52 PM EDT
[#21]
A friendly one. Let him live.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:51:28 PM EDT
[#22]
Not a rattlesnake in any way shape or form!
Looks like a friendly! |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:52:26 PM EDT
[#23]
I'm not saying that you don't know jack about snakes, but...
You don't know jack about snakes!! J/K!! That is a harmless(unless it bigger and you piss it off before trying to pick it up), extremely good snake to have on your property. Unless, of course, you are a mouse. However, having found the snake also means that you have mice. The good thing is that the snakes are TCB.. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:53:50 PM EDT
[#24]
possum
(Someone had to say it.) |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:54:08 PM EDT
[#25]
It's definitely not poisonous, the head is shaped wrong. Most venomous snakes have triangular shaped heads (rattlesnake, copperhead, cotton mouth), it's not universally true (coral snake) but it's a good indicator.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:54:23 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can't really think that's a rattlesnake, can you? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:54:58 PM EDT
[#27]
Some type of Colubrid
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:55:37 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Some type of Colubrid Possibly a rat snake?? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:56:18 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Possibly a rat snake?? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Some type of Colubrid Possibly a rat snake?? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:57:28 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Yes Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Some type of Colubrid Possibly a rat snake?? Quoted:
It's a rat snake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 10:57:41 PM EDT
[#31]
Friendly...no need to make two smaller snakes out of it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:00:49 PM EDT
[#32]
Not a pet and not sure how it got in. For sure its a baby. The splotchy pattern made me think it looked like a rattler but that was easy to rule out asvthere was no rattler. But this thing is very aggresive striking at anything that moves close to it.
Yeah, my cat occasionally gets a mouse. Since arfcom has given me the thumbs up ill deposit him in my muscadine vines. Thanks all Eta. Jeez guys i just had to reread my own op to see if i was asking what do do with the rattlesnake i found wtf |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:03:31 PM EDT
[#33]
Pattern looks a lot like my cornsnake.
Without seeing the under belly, I'm saying either a cornsnake or a ratsnake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:04:01 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Not a pet and not sure how it got in. For sure its a baby. The splotchy pattern made me think it looked like a rattler but that was easy to rule out asvthere was no rattler. But this thing is very aggresive striking at anything that moves close to it. Yeah, my cat occasionally gets a mouse. Since arfcom has given me the thumbs up ill deposit him in my muscadine vines. Thanks all FYI, baby rattlers are born with just a button, which can be hard to see and does not not make a sound. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:04:32 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Pattern looks a lot like my cornsnake. Without seeing the under belly, I'm saying either a cornsnake or a ratsnake. Corn snake is a type of rat snake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:11:45 PM EDT
[#36]
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:13:12 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Corn snake is a type of rat snake. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Pattern looks a lot like my cornsnake. Without seeing the under belly, I'm saying either a cornsnake or a ratsnake. Corn snake is a type of rat snake. Either way I win. Broad stroke, or more specific. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:13:22 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/tnriverluver/sneaky_zps3b1bc65d.jpg Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:14:17 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/tnriverluver/sneaky_zps3b1bc65d.jpg Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? Cottonmouth about 3.5-4 ft long at Reelfoot Lake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:14:37 PM EDT
[#40]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:16:53 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Cottonmouth about 3.5-4 ft long at Reelfoot Lake. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/tnriverluver/sneaky_zps3b1bc65d.jpg Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? Cottonmouth about 3.5-4 ft long at Reelfoot Lake. Don't think so. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:19:18 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Don't think so. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/tnriverluver/sneaky_zps3b1bc65d.jpg Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? Cottonmouth about 3.5-4 ft long at Reelfoot Lake. Don't think so. Yes it is. Eyes and tail tell the story. Cell phone pic does not show the vertical pupils. Bastard stunk to high heaven also. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:20:11 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a pet and not sure how it got in. For sure its a baby. The splotchy pattern made me think it looked like a rattler but that was easy to rule out asvthere was no rattler. But this thing is very aggresive striking at anything that moves close to it. Yeah, my cat occasionally gets a mouse. Since arfcom has given me the thumbs up ill deposit him in my muscadine vines. Thanks all Eta. Jeez guys i just had to reread my own op to see if i was asking what do do with the rattlesnake i found wtf That color pattern is nothing like any rattlesnake I've ever seen, even without the head shape being wrong. Every rattlesnake I've seen has a more geometric pattern down their spine, not splotches. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:21:10 PM EDT
[#44]
What about the tail tells you this is a cottonmouth?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:26:45 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
What about the tail tells you this is a cottonmouth? Very thick and blunt with just a small point section. Here is a few more of my encounters in just the past few weeks. Hate these things. 
Around here they range in color from almost solid black to brown with gold bands to everything in between. Our camping neighbors dog had just been bitten and rushed to the vet 2 days before about 100 feet from where this snake was. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:28:51 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
One that is a lot nicer than the one my wife nearly stepped on yesterday. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/tnriverluver/sneaky_zps3b1bc65d.jpg Hard to tell from the pic....water snake? This snake was at Reelfoot lake. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:31:56 PM EDT
[#47]
Tail tapering helps in distinguishing gender, but does not lend itself to determing species or genus.
The last two pics do appear to be Akistrodon, the original pic appears to be Nerodia. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:33:13 PM EDT
[#48]
Not a rattlesnake
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:34:03 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Tail tapering helps in distinguishing gender, but does not lend itself to determing species or genus. The last two pics do appear to be Akistrodon, the original pic appears to be Nerodia. Water snakes have round pupils. Trust me this snake did not!!! I got a little too close for comfort just getting the pic and he-she was extremely pissed at that point. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/26/2014 11:34:06 PM EDT
[#50]
GD is blind OP...
 That is most certainly a possum, I have seen them on my own property. I know what I am talking about here. 
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
