2012 Snake ID

[Atticus]

This is in the SAME EXACT SPOT where I found the snake 2 years ago. I am going to go try find the thread. This guy is about 10 inches long. What say you?



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[tallykenjsbetterhalf]

Baby Copperhead. My daughter is the reptile queen and at least that's what she says. Oh, she also says, don't kill it! That's what she always says. I don't necessarily agree, at least when she's not at home. Keep an eye out for the siblings.

[Gulf Coast]

Off with his head !! With a head that big he's got to be poisonous! Trust me brother my 2 yr old got bit by a 8-10 ground rattler last fall and although he didnt get ant poison in him it aint fun holding your baby down so that the nurse can take blood to run test. If you think he's safe take him down the road a few miles.

[Atticus]

http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpBB3/vi ... e&start=45

This thread is from last year (I thought it was 2 years ago)

[Jumptrout51]

If you think he's safe take him down the road a few miles.

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And the run over its' head.

[J Holden]

That would be a juvenile cottonmouth (I think ) Only way to tell them apart from a copperhead when they're young is that they should have a stripe running down the side of their head, which I think I can see a hair of. Except for the coral snake, all venomous snakes in the US are in the pit viper family and have big wedge shaped heads and slit (cat eye) pupils.

[sundown]

definitely juvenile cottenmouth...copperhead has a distinctly different markings.

[sundown]

Copperheads are pretty rare this far south. In past 35-40 years I've seen maybe half a dozen. all but one of these in Baker county... Never seen but one coral snake in the wild and it was down outside Deland.

[Atticus]

He has been executed. :RIP:

[RCS]

Yep, that's a cottonmouth...and I would be on the lookout for more. Cottonmouth's give birth to live young, and that one isn't very old. His siblings may be nearby.

[UKWILDCAT1998]

No question, Cottonmouth. Copperheads are very rare here, but the bandit stripe on side of head as well as the triangular body shape give it away. Most snakes are simply round throughout the length of the body but u can see along the center of its back it is raised. And yes, there are others around....lol

[UKWILDCAT1998]

No question, Cottonmouth. Copperheads are very rare here, but the bandit stripe on side of head as well as the triangular body shape give it away. Most snakes are simply round throughout the length of the body but u can see along the center of its back it is raised. And yes, there are others around....lol

[SS-342]

I'd be on the look out for it's mama! Execute the whole bunch!

The only thing better than a snake is a DEAD SNAKE!

[Flanders]

Choot-um!

[slayer]

Thats a King Ricky rattl'r cotton cobra.....and should be immediately destroyed with much prejudice ........