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What kind of snake?
I nearly stepped on this baby snake a few minutes ago. I took a picture, & was trying to decide if I should kill it or not, when it went under the house. 
Does anybody know what kind it is? I was thinking it might be a king snake, but it looks like it kinda has a diamond shaped head. 
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10/30/05, 03:53 PM
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OD, That's a snake alright.
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10/30/05, 04:00 PM
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OD, That's a snake alright.
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Well, to tell the truth, it took a minute for me to figure that out. I just stood there thinking "What the heck IS that?"
I don't think I've ever seen one like that before.
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It is not a copperhead. They have a pattern that looks like saddlebags slung over the back. Whatever it is will definitely clean out the mice around your house.
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10/30/05, 04:17 PM
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Looks to me like a water snake. They flatten their heads like that when they feel threatened.
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10/30/05, 04:19 PM
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....................That picture has alittle fade to it like maybe you were "airborn" just as your pogostick left terra firma !!   fordy... 
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water snakes are often mistaken for copperheads.
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10/30/05, 04:28 PM
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....................That picture has alittle fade to it like maybe you were "airborn" just as your pogostick left terra firma !! fordy... |
Umm, I did have to get pretty close, because it was so small, & I didn't really want to stay any longer that I had to. 
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10/30/05, 04:33 PM
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This is a copperhead:
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It's head looks very pit-viperish. Could it be a baby rattlesnake?
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OD is in texas, those pics are from washington. I think there are lots of varieties of rattlesnakes and they look different in different areas.
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10/30/05, 05:16 PM
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We've never seen any rattlesnakes around here, but it looks an awful lot like one of those. I wish I had just killed it instead of thinking about whether it was a good one or not.
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Looks like a little rattler to me. The best way to tell a poisonous from a nonpoisonous is to get real close and look at their eyes. If they have slitted pupils like a cat and you get really, really sick from the bite then it's poisonous. If they have round pupils and you don't die from getting bitten then it was nonpoisonous.
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You can see the saddle bag pattern on the copperhead laying on the log.
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Looks like a little rattler to me. The best way to tell a poisonous from a nonpoisonous is to get real close and look at their eyes. If they have slitted pupils like a cat and you get really, really sick from the bite then it's poisonous. If they have round pupils and you don't die from getting bitten then it was nonpoisonous.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha ..... I think we need a close up picture of just it's eyes 
Really ... a better picture would help.
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What kind of snake....
It looks like a baby black snake...they show a pattern that goes dark as they mature...I've seen them around SW Mo. & looked them up in a snake book to identify them.....GrannieD
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Hey beautiful pic of the copperhead Tn
Hard to say about the first pic though
What about a milk snake or corn snake. the head is hard to see
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10/30/05, 06:38 PM
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I think I found it-Thanks, GrannieD. I did a search for Texas juvenile black snake, & got this. It's a baby black rat snake.
Dh said he thought it was a timber rattler, & I was about ready to move away from here.
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Looks like a young Rat Snake to me. They do tend to loose those markings as they mature.
Go on a little snake hunt, there could be more around. Be cautious though, just in case it is a Rattler.
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