SNAKE IDENTIFICATION HELP

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

Anyone know what kind of snake this is? It was found on front porch in Edmond, OK in June 2011.

celtsrevenge · Jul 1, 2011

JRoach6346 said:
Anyone know what kind of snake this is? It was found on front porch in Edmond, OK in June 2011.

Don't know, but I'm glad it wasn't on my porch.

Gods Country · Jul 1, 2011

Maybe it's just the pic, but it sure looks like a pit viper.
But I suppose you would know if it had a rattle.

schoolsout · Jul 1, 2011

Def. looks poisonous

I'd say cottonmouth, but doesn't have same pattern as I've seen around here. Where are you?

Edit...I see you found it in OK.

bullbreaker · Jul 1, 2011

Looks poisonous to me also.
Also looks like a cottonmouth to me.

Boone

Wayne's Train · Jul 1, 2011

Not poisonous. Common water snake. Give it a brake and not kill it, OK. It won't hurt anybody and it doesn't taste good enough to eat.

KPark · Jul 1, 2011

Wouldn't know about poisonous or not, but first thing it reminded me of was a medical symbol

moored4 · Jul 1, 2011

Wayne's Train said:
Not poisonous. Common water snake. Give it a brake and not kill it, OK. It won't hurt anybody and it doesn't taste good enough to eat.

Skin it up and toss it here! I'll fry it and make it taste just like chicken, fer dinner tonight!

groundcover · Jul 1, 2011

Well it was a porch snake, now it's a pole snake ! :laughing:

Car Doc · Jul 1, 2011

Looks like a bull snake to me they act just like a rattler they will make a rattle sound by beating their tail on the side of their body sounds real as can be.

I have mistakenly shot a couple and they get REAL big not a threat venom wise though and they can be aggressive when approached if thats in fact what kind of critter it is let it be they are excellent mousers!!!

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

In Edmond, OK. There was no rattle. The snake was taken to a nearby field and released.

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

As you can see in the picture, this snake was approx 6 feet long. Not one I would like to see again.

Car Doc · Jul 1, 2011

JRoach6346 said:
As you can see in the picture, this snake was approx 6 feet long. Not one I would like to see again.

Bull snake no doubt and you did the right thing good job! :thumbsup:

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

Thanks for everyones help.

celtsrevenge · Jul 1, 2011

KPark said:
Wouldn't know about poisonous or not, but first thing it reminded me of was a medical symbol

Bet my high peaks can beat up your high peaks! :laughing:

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

You're right, it does look like a medical symbol. Maybe it was trying to tell us something.

Beltzington · Jul 1, 2011

I am almost certain that was a water-moccasin/cottonmouth and definitely poisonous. No harm in letting it go but I would be concerned if I had young kids or pets around. Worth a closer look to see if it had some friends. Here is a link with a good picture. Take Care.

File:Cottonmouth quarter.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

JRoach6346 · Jul 1, 2011

Thanks for the info. I consider all snakes as poisonous, but I usually let them go when I come across one. It just better not return.

bullbreaker · Jul 1, 2011

JRoach6346 said:
As you can see in the picture, this snake was approx 6 feet long. Not one I would like to see again.

I thought so to it was/ is a cottonmouth.As I stated in perm.#5
Our backyard borders Fla. Everglades seen many a 6'+ cottonmouth's.
Also seen-em many a time in pairs.
Even seen-em mating(big ones)

.Around here some are even curious you'll be standing on canal bank or somewhere and they will come towards you instead of like most snakes slithering away from you.Don't know if it was a cottonmouth,bull or what but if that was a cottomouth from around here you would't have been able to transport him/her with out a tussle unless it was DOA.

Boone

arrow · Jul 9, 2011

Can't tell definitively from the photo. It does look to have a triangular shaped head larger than its neck and pits between its nostril and eyes so I would categorize it as a pit viper. Bull snakes I've seen have a head about the same size as its body width. As I stated above, this seems but only seems to be evident in your picture. If it coiled to attack and opened its mouth for you to see a milky white coloring then its a water moccasin/cotten mouth. Also , when they swim, pit vipers float entirely on the surface. If it is a cotton mouth, its one big one. Largest cotton mouth I've ever seen was about 4'. Patterns and coloration change from one snake to the next even amongst the same species so any color or pattern is not a safe way to judge a snake more so than its conformation