I found this little guy in the walkout of my house. I took some pics before I released him/her in the grass. Now I kinda wish I held onto it for a while so I could have taken some better pics. Anyhoo, if anyone knows what it may be, just shout it. He was about 12-13 inches long.
Snake ID please?
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Yeah, that looks pretty similar, only this one was darker...and the markings weren't entirely the same...but I guess it could be a morph of some sort? Oooohhh I dunno...David_F said:
Oh yeah, and it was found in Kansas, USA...kinda southern Kansas-ish.
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From here, to me it looks like a baby Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa). You're not missing anything if that's what it was. I wouldn't keep one anyway. I've had them before when I was a kid but...ahhhh.
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Smell good, don't they?Galapoheros said:
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I'd go with a Blotched Water Snake, given that locale. It's definatley a baby Nerodia, in any case.
I actually quite like keeping Nerodia, and have several right now. They DO tame down, often very quickly, and become very calm and passive snakes. It's also easy to switch them over to rodents, but large shiners(miinnows)are cheaper for me, and readily available at the local bait shop year-round, plus, in a pinch, they will eat tilapia or catfish fillets from the supermarket, and there aren't many snakes that will eat food from Bi-Lo. I've got a hypomelanistic Midland Water Snake that is one of the most beautiful snakes I've ever had, surpassing even the Okeetee corns I find.
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I actually quite like keeping Nerodia, and have several right now. They DO tame down, often very quickly, and become very calm and passive snakes. It's also easy to switch them over to rodents, but large shiners(miinnows)are cheaper for me, and readily available at the local bait shop year-round, plus, in a pinch, they will eat tilapia or catfish fillets from the supermarket, and there aren't many snakes that will eat food from Bi-Lo. I've got a hypomelanistic Midland Water Snake that is one of the most beautiful snakes I've ever had, surpassing even the Okeetee corns I find.
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Haaaaaaaa!.......NODavid_F said:Smell good, don't they?
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Yea my favorite local (Texas) Nerodia is the Broad-Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata confluens). I've had no problem keeping those. They are easy and good looking snakes to me. People around E Tx swear they are Cottonmouths, along with almost every other water snake! So hard to get them to see the truth. Even when you tell them and show them...still afraid, truly phobic.pitbulllady said:
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I encounter that same problem around here, in South Carolina. One of our most common Water Snakes is the Redbellied Water Snake(Nerodia erythrogaster), a very handsome rust-brown, or sometimes maroon, snake with a bright red-orange belly nad labial scales-looks NOTHING like a Cottonmouth-yet people refer to them as "Redbellied Mocassins" and kill them on sight every chance they get! I've caught and handled countless N. erythrogasters, and never even had one strike at me unless I was feeding it at the time(they do have strong feeding responses, like a Retic's), and they can get quite large. I'd recommend this species as a first-time pet snake any day, especially to someone who is reluctant to feed cute little fuzzy rodents to a snake, since most such people don't have any problems with feeding fish to one.Galapoheros said:
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Do they stink? lol...he was a fast little guy when I put him down on the grass. I let him slither around on my hand for a few seconds before he decided to dash, so he wasn't like aggressive...more fidgety. Either way, he was cuteDavid_F said:Smell good, don't they?