snake ID

[rockb]

Saw this on the side of the path I ride my bike on. Was wondering what it was other than the obvious of a dead snake

 

[DaBreeze]

Dead one without a head

 

[Django]

The only good kind.

 

[bigbulls]

Water moccasin.

 

[Ric-san]

Looks to me like a banded cottonmouth (water moccasin)...take a look at the link below...could be wrong though.

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/snakes/cottonmouth.shtml

 

[bigbulls]

If you want to know if a snake in the USA is venomous or not look at it's head.

If it has large scales on its head its non venomous.
Small scales like the ones on its body is venomous.

Vertical pupils - venomous
Round pupils - non venomous.

Coral snake is the exception.

 

[midway]

moccasin,asthey get older pattern is darker

 

[MAXman]

I will add that I've always understood the large snakes are almost always venomous.
Other than that I always look at the head shape, if it lets me. The only snake I've ever encountered that didn't try to Immidiatley vacate our mutually occupied space was a small, slender, red/yellow/black spotted guy a met in japan. He pretty much ignored me and I didn't bother him.
He of course turned out to be one of the most deadly snakes on the mountain, using dimensioning nurotoxin(kinda like a coral snake). Also like a coral snake they are known to be extremely non aggresive.

 

[JohnAL]

Vertical pupils - venomous
Round pupils - non venomous.

I don't just kill a snake because it's a snake. I do my best to identify them but I ain't gettin' that close.

 

[Stanley13]

I don't just kill a snake because it's a snake. I do my best to identify them but I ain't gettin' that close.

Safety second

 

[MAXman]

Well i tend to look em in the eye before I kiss them

 

[Welldoya]

That's a moccasin. Black tail is the tip off.

 

[JBryan314]

That is a young water moccasin. As it gets older, pattern will go black. Younger venomous snakes will tend to bite and dump all the venom they can into the victim. Adult snakes are more discerning, and will often give "dry bites" in order to conserve venom for actual prey rather than using it for defense. So that is to say, young snakes can be more dangerous.

Obviously not when their head has been smashed.

 

[rockb]

Thanks guys.

 

[duckhunter]

I don't like em

 

[fl57caveman]

Well i tend to look em in the eye before I kiss them

i do like an introduction from a trusted friend first....it worked so well for this guy, i might try it too...


http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2015...ies-kiss-cottonmouth-snake-hospitalized-bite/

not....

 

[Jason]

Dead moc!

 

[NCTransplant]

The best kind. Baby's make me nervous, because usually they haven't strayed far from the nest. Is it true that moccasins travel in pairs? I've always heard that.

 

[Seanpcola]

The best kind. Baby's make me nervous, because usually they haven't strayed far from the nest. Is it true that moccasins travel in pairs? I've always heard that.

According to Smithsonian Natural Sciences website no snakes travel in pairs except Moccasins during mating season where the male follows behind the female.

 

[MAXman]

Caveman, i don't date in friend circles, always gets messy