2012 Snake ID

[MudDucker]

Upon execution ... it became a good snake! I don't go out of my way to kill non-poisonous or even the few coral snakes I've seen, but I would walk a mile to get a moccasin and 3/4 of mile to get a rattler. Both are deadly to dogs and children!

[TallyFish]

Everyone may want to put this into your favorites for future reference: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/herpetology.htm

A great guide to snake identification.

[lonesouth]

Shoulda called Vexcon

http://www.vexconinc.com/

[charlie tuna]

Four foot "caneback" i came across last week...........

[big bend gyrene]

Nothing but a sweet ol' rat snake there, Charlie Tuna! I'll see your 4' one and raise you 2'...

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[big bend gyrene]

And just as fyi... didn't harm the rat snake. Don't kill nonpoisonous snakes in the yard. HAVE dispatched one juvenile cottonmouth (slit eye / facial stripe confirmed) who wanted to make our pool his home.

Also have relocated a wandering gator in our yard (other than pool, not a body of water within 1/2 mile) to the Wacissa, and almost got arrested for doing so by two wildlife officers at the river who didn't take kindly to my personal relocation efforts... stressed that had I been stopped while driving they couldn't have confirmed intent to release and WOULD have arrested me.

[JPVolunteer]

[quote="slayer"]Thats a King Ricky rattl'r cotton cobra.....and should be immediately destroyed with much prejudice ........[/quote]

I hate those ones.