Snake ID?

[bigtattoo79]

Snake ID?

 

[ArtieD]

Looks like a water snake

 

[Rollin Coal]

Water snake, harmless

 

[bigtattoo79]

Water snake, harmless

Damm! I hate the fact I killed a harmless snake.

 

[KDerekT83]

Very harmless. Actually, they're very good to have around.

 

[enigmedic]

They shouldn't run around disguised as poisonous snakes if they don't wanna get 'shwacked. Lethal force was justified.

 

[Magdump]

After the fact, if you want confirmation, so you don’t kill another harmless snake:
Look at the eyes. Round pupils? Not a viper. Vertical slit pupils for the poisonous snakes. Also, a cottonmouth has those tell tale copper to golden jaw lines. Once you see that these are either missing or there look at the rest of the snake and you’ll be able to better ID the snake on the fly. Spade shaped heads don’t always mean poisonous. Juvenile moccasin are a little more difficult for some folks to distinguish, but an adult should be easy to identify. Shorter/thicker/darker with a big head.

 

[Mr Smooth]

Looks like a viper too me. Look at poison sacks on side of head

 

[GunRelated]

Unless the snake is making a home next to my home, I always leave them be. They do serve a purpose .

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[Conaso]

I've handled every one of the poisonous snakes found in Louisiana. These adult cottonmouths still give me the eebie-jeebies. The have one hell of a bad attitude.

 

[bigtattoo79]

Unless the snake is making a home next to my home, I always leave them be. They do serve a purpose .

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I just about stepped on it walking out my door. I guess I overreacted and killed it too quick. Normally I only see them out in the yard and that doesn’t so much concern me but this one was right in my door way and for some reason it got the shovel. Knowing it’s not poisonous I wish I would have just tossed it in the neighbors yard….

 

[mascott]

Really hate to be “the one” but it’s venomous not poisonous

 

[MikeBurke]

The snake in the original post is a diamond back water snake, non-venomous.

Head shape is a terrible way to identify snakes.

 

[bigtattoo79]

The snake in the original post is a diamond back water snake, non-venomous.

Head shape is a terrible way to identify snakes.

Thank you for adding the type of water snake… I like to learn about them.

 

[MikeBurke]

I wonder how many of these are killed because they look like a cottonmouth. It is a plain belly water snake btw.

 

[Jstudz220]

The only good snake is a dead snake

 

[340six]

The only good snake is a dead snake

I was going to post there are only two kinds of snakes. Live and dead.

 

[YoungMarine]

You'll know a cottonmouth when you see one..

 

[krotsman]

After the fact, if you want confirmation, so you don’t kill another harmless snake:
Look at the eyes. Round pupils? Not a viper. Vertical slit pupils for the poisonous snakes. Also, a cottonmouth has those tell tale copper to golden jaw lines. Once you see that these are either missing or there look at the rest of the snake and you’ll be able to better ID the snake on the fly. Spade shaped heads don’t always mean poisonous. Juvenile moccasin are a little more difficult for some folks to distinguish, but an adult should be easy to identify. Shorter/thicker/darker with a big head.

Ummmmmm, yeah, I will NEVER get close enough to a snake to identify it's pupils...

 

[Magdump]

I've handled every one of the poisonous snakes found in Louisiana. These adult cottonmouths still give me the eebie-jeebies. The have one hell of a bad attitude.
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Lol, my grand dad use to say that the cottonmouth was the most evil snake in Louisiana, “they must take a mean pill every morning”.