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Ok guys, what kind of snake is this???
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by beef on March 28, 2005
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I happened upon a snake ((approx. 9 inches, neonate, will strike when provoked)) the other day in my yard and took some pics of him. Where in here can I post a couple pics for you guys? I would really love the help in identifying it. This is really baffling me! I have finally come across a snake that I can not identify. At first I thought it to be a Blackheaded snake, but it is not. Its similar. I am in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I suppose I will post them in the calssifieds area?? Let me know where the easiest place is, I can also e-mail them to any of you guys! Thank you very much! Robert
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by HerpFever46 on March 28, 2005
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I would also like a picture e-mailed to me, please. My address is in the profile.
Thanks, Bryan
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by HerpFever46 on March 28, 2005
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I would also like a picture e-mailed to me, please. My address is in the profile.
Thanks, Bryan
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by Cro on March 28, 2005
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The small snake in your area with a black head could be a southeastern crowned snake, Tantilla coronata. Without a photo to see, it is only a guess. They are uncommon, and many folks first finding them do not know what they are. JohnZ
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by timberrattlesnake89 on March 28, 2005
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I agree Doug. It sounds like a neonate Eastern Coachwhip to me. Especially since you said it was aggressive.
Philliip
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Just a small warning
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by Buzztail1 on March 28, 2005
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In 1982 I drove from Virginia Beach to visit family in Key West and then spent the better part of two weeks living in my car so that I could spend my entire vacation at the Miami Serpentarium. I was at the serpentarium when this guy brought in a beautiful Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake in a jar. I admired it and asked him where he got the Pigmy Rattlesnake from. The staff on hand went nuts and pulled me aside to excitedly explain that no-one was allowed to identify any snakes on the grounds of the serpentarium except for Bill Haast. I thought that was a little overboard since the snake was so obvious.
I have since learned to appreciate his caution.
Since then I have been called to homes for snakes with grey and red patterns and a red arrow shape on top of their head - Corn Snake(?) - nope - Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake! And one particularly memorable call was for a yellow and brown snake with dark diamond shapes all down its back which was climbing a homeowner's brick wall - an adult Yellow Rat Snake. One more example of identifying a snake by description and not seeing it had me arriving at a local home for a sure-thing large Cottonmouth - that happily turned out to be a 72 and 1/2 inch long Indigo Snake.
My point is that it is easy to make "educated guesses" at what a snake "might be" but it is inherently dangerous to identify a snake sight unseen. Always get a picture if you can't see the snake itself.
Just a little safety tip,
Karl H. Betz
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by Cro on March 28, 2005
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Good Point Karl ! So far, this Robert dosnt' seem to have Emailed the photo of the snake to anyone offering to help him, or posted it's photo anywhere. Could be another trickster playing games with the web site.
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