What kind of snake is this?

Luckily I was about 8 ft away when I saw him.

 

I spooked some chipmunks in my back yard yesterday. One ran right into a rat snake and I sat and watched for about 15 minutes as it suffocated and then ate it. Was pretty awesome to witness in person.

 

I’ve come across multiple wild snakes feeding, including an eastern diamondback consuming a rabbit, but have never seen them in action. What an incredibly special experience. I’m very jealous and glad someone who appreciates that got to experience it.

 

I see some snakes in Saguaro NP tomorrow

 

Gila monster would be amazing too. God, I’m so jealous of the western herps.

 

It was pretty surreal. Seeing the actual capture and devouring was something else. The sounds the chipmunk made when it was first caught weren't pleasant, but still an amazing thing to witness.

 

It’s always hard to watch suffering but you have to realize there are no sides out there. No good and no bad. Just instinct and the will to survive no matter how stacked the odds are against you. And the absolute worst thing you can ever do is play god and dictate how the situation ends.

 

Poor Alvin

 

Used to call those white oak rat snakes.

 

Not a snake but, this is a first I've seen of these here

 

that's a cottonmouth with legs

 

because they weren't scary enough before

 

This is a varanid, not a tegu. I’m also pretty sure it’s a rubbery pete https://www.ebay.com/itm/1956087169...x7TobuZZDKKL8_vM5aZ3sJ9CeauiwGSwaApdeEALw_wcB

 

Yeah people have started saying it's a statue that's been in the yard for several weeks now

 

Croc, caiman, gator

 

well fuck
I had Croc, Caiman, Gator

 

What kind is this? Found him in the front bushes the other day.

 

Garter is my guess

 

DeKay’s brown snake. Harmless consumer of worms, slugs, grubs, etc. in the flowerbeds.

 

Nice to have you back Owsley

 

Only in this thread tho

 

Indigo

 

Cool

 

Full belly

 

where about?

 

Yo! That was south of the wall(literally), but in Texas near Roma Texas. I’m not an expert on reptiles, I’ll defer to owsley. pretty sure that’s a Texas indigo?

I think the second- think, been wrong enough to say think(bird guy, and still mis ID stuff often, even now.

I think the second one is a diamondback water snake. Pretty sure, first one I’ve ever seen.

 

Indigos are amazing

 

Goat Snek

 

So geeked on that, from last week.

I old have snake pics, if I get motivated. I was also lying about that I don’t know a lot about snakes, but not my speciality. Always best to slow play it, no one likes a know it all.

have a pic of the equis “the x” -in Panamanian Spanish before Elon rebranded twitter. Fer-de-lance. Bothrops Asper . Look at me owsley. I’d italicized it if I could.

let me see if I can find this, but I have a picture of a crazy motherfucker holding an equis. Cody, he ultimately got bit by a snake. Was nasty. No fucking way I’d grab one of those things. Ever. Capital E. Necrosis, that a hard pass from me.

 

I’ve also stood like 3 feet from a Mozambique spitting cobra.

I am not bullshitting you.

hard snake flex. Also true

 

Not really digging phang dirtball? But the bears suck, so we cool.

how do I link peoples names on this postboard by the way?

 

Im mostly familiar with snakes in Georgia and surrounding areas but think that 2nd one is a banded water snake (of which they are common south of the fall line in GA)

 

Ran across this pretty girl this morning. Was fairly well behaved for a Nerodia as well, though I do have the sweet scent of musk on my arms and hands.

 

fucking Dingo, snakebite proof gloves but still.

 

Well, what was the update?

 

Snek

 

Having seen this guy's videos before, it was always just a matter of time.

 

Coachwhip and prairie rattlesnake. Not my photo, but it popped up on a snake forum I frequent and thought y’all would enjoy and appreciate it.

 

My boy got caught on the face today. Wears it like a badge. He caught 7 today. Good day.

Spoiler

 

That's an awesome freaking picture

 

What's mom think of yalls little hobby?

 

She loves it but also thinks those marks on his face are from branches

 

Pretty sure it was an Eastern Racer, 2 types of water snake, and Ring-necked. We immediately release them right where we found them.