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by nooki on June 24, 2007
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i live on the eastern shore of maryland. i have found two of the same snakes both about 1 to 2 ft. long. a red tounge ,silver with many blackspots all the way down their backs. nothing on their bellys. any idea what kind of snakes they are. we already have plenty of black,garter, grass,milksnakes and watermocassins in the back yard. thanks for help
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by Cro on June 24, 2007
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Chuck, can you provide a photo of the snakes? It is very easy to upload a photo here to the site on your "Profile" page.
We also have a section in the Photo Album called "Snakes For Identification" that you can send photos to. Before they show up there, they have to be approved by a site manager, so if you do sent the photos there, let us know here in the Experts area so that we can know they are there and approve them.
There are several snakes in your area that look like the description that you gave, including juvenile black rat snakes. Without a photo, folks would just be guessing, which is really not a good thing to do.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by LarryDFishel on June 24, 2007
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While you're at it, try to get a picture of one of the water moccasins. I would say 80% of the moccasins most people see are actually harmless water snakes.
And don't take this the wrong way, but before you say "I know a moccasin when I see one", that's what everyone says right before I show them an unmarked picture of a banded water snake and they say, "yeah that's what they look like".
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by Cro on June 25, 2007
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Chuck, the only venomous snakes found in Maryland are the Timber Rattlesnake and the Copperhead.
As Larry stated, whatever snake you are calling a Water Moccasin has to be some type of harmless water snake.
If you take a look at the photos at:
http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/snakes/snakesMD.html
They show both juvenile Black Rat Snakes and juvenile Black Racer Snakes. Both could be described as being silver / grey with spots going down the back. Both as juveniles do not look like the adult snakes.
Let us know if the snakes you found look like those in the photos. Another possibility would be the Mole King Snake, but there are no photos of that on the above site.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by MoccasinMan on June 25, 2007
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I have never seen a "water moccasin" north of the Back Bay and the Dismal Swamp in the very SE corner of VA. That is the very northernmost part of their range. It should be interesting to see the pics you post.
Andrew
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