Snake ID

[rockb]

I bought a foreclosure and the pool is in really bad shape. Looks like a snake has taken up residence.

What is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQNpNqcQY8&feature=youtu.be

 

[Welldoya]

Hard to tell from those angles. I think it's too long and slender to be a mocassin.

 

[Seanpcola]

Yeah, hard to tell. Maybe a rat snake?

 

[shadeogray]

Florida Green Water Snake most likely, could be a cotton mouth but its hard to tell with that dark footage. Shoot it, eat it. good in chili

 

[shadeogray]

My buddy said its either a Banded water snake or cottonmouth. If the eyes are slit pupils like a cats its a cottonmouth, it they are round like a humans then its a banded water snake whish is not poisonous. The boy knows his snakes Kinda looks like a cottonmouth the more I look at it. Shoot it.

 

[Emcm2]

Looks like a banded water snake

 

[shadeogray]

All I know is if its dead it won't hurt you.

 

[Seanpcola]

I totally disagree. Occasionally the wrong snake shows up in the wrong place but they do more good than harm. I run up on a minimum of 3 rattlers a year, I mean up close and personal. I show respect and they don't want to mess with me. We go our separate ways. Black snakes, rats snakes and such are beneficial. I've never seen a rat on my property. That's the snakes, I guarantee you.

 

[Sporter]

It has the black- white cheek stripe of a moccasin. Pretty mild mannered for a moccasin though.

Here's a great site for snake ID:
http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/snakes/north.shtml

They usually look slender in the water but thicker on dry land.

 

[shadeogray]

Shoot it, eat it, will do a lot of good in the chili

 

[rockb]

Here are some pics from earlier in the day. I had the 38 with some snake shot and was about to tag him but was afraid I would chip the tile at the edge of the pool.

 

[shadeogray]

He looks like bad news, time to evict.

 

[SAWMAN]

Yeah,right. If you don't know what it is and you are affraid of damn near everything including,most likely,clowns and midgets,just go ahead and shoot it. --- SAWMAN

 

[fl57caveman]

looks like a banded water snake, grumpy but not venomous

 

[shadeogray]

I aint talkin about fear I am talking about getting that sucker into a chili pot. That and a few beers, damn it now I'm hungry...

 

[Seanpcola]

I've never actually seen a banded water snake I don't believe but that one is too skinny for a Moc isn't it?

 

[shadeogray]

Moc are thinner in the water. If you toss that sucker on the ground they flatten out real nice. That's what another guy said anyway

 

[Calculated steps]

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/water_moccasin_watersnake_comparison.shtml

 

[Sporter]

Same water moccasin:


Notice how much broader he looks on land. Damn thing was hiding under my grandkids pool floaties. They had just left a few days before. He actually got himself completely airborn trying to strike me. I had my NAA 22mag loaded with snakeshot but I did not want to pick up all the lead from the bottom of the pool.

So I introduced him to my little friend...

I usually don't kill snakes as I had over 100 of them when I was a kid but I make exceptions for moccasins and pygmy rattlers.

 

[Welldoya]

Moccasins usually swim with their head out of the water and they have a band across their eyes.
It sure looked too slender in the water but does look thicker on land.
That's one snake that I hate.