Beware of SNAKES !

[Mikie]

This one was weaving through the grass in my front yard tonight! Not on top of the grass. It was creepy!
@SnakeCharmer ? A Red Milk Snake?

 

[SnakeCharmer]

This one was weaving through the grass in my front yard tonight! Not on top of the grass. It was creepy!
@SnakeCharmer ? A Red Milk Snake?
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Yes sir, that's what it is. A real beauty!

 

[BonsaiNut]

So I'm going to expand the thread into a reptile thread and add...

Eastern Box Turtle. In our yard... as we were in the process of removing 26 tornado damaged trees. I went out to direct the excavators and saw this little guy scooting across what should have been for him WWIII. I picked him up, put him in a bucket, and the following day after the heavy machinery was done, I returned him to exactly where I found him.

 

[scan]

So I'm going to expand the thread into a reptile thread and add...

Eastern Box Turtle. In our yard... as we were in the process of removing 26 tornado damaged trees. I went out to direct the excavators and saw this little guy scooting across what should have been for him WWIII. I picked him up, put him in a bucket, and the following day after the heavy machinery was done, I returned him to exactly where I found him.

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House finished?? Good to hear from you!

 

[BonsaiNut]

House finished?? Good to hear from you!

LOL, no, not finished. But they are at least finishing up the tile work, and they will be starting on the flooring next week. Promise is to be in by the holidays...

 

[Mikie]

Okay @SnakeCharmer,
Miss CJ was on her hike tonight and came across this feller. Any idea what it is?

 

[CBone]

Okay @SnakeCharmer,
Miss CJ was on her hike tonight and came across this feller. Any idea what it is?View attachment 94760

That is a rattlesnake. Not sure what kind you have in your neck of the woods.

 

[Mikie]

That is a rattlesnake. Not sure what kind you have in your neck of the woods.

Didn’t have rattles and its noggin is not v-shaped like a poisonous snake.
However we do have poisonous snakes out here without rattles.

 

[CBone]

That is a rattlesnake. Not sure what kind you have in your neck of the woods.

My uneducated guess is a Pygmy

 

[Danimal]

it's obviously a Spotted Arkansnake. mildly venomous.

 

[SnakeCharmer]

Okay @SnakeCharmer,
Miss CJ was on her hike tonight and came across this feller. Any idea what it is?View attachment 94760

Not a rattler. Its an Eastern Hognose snake.

 

[pperrelle]

@SnakeCharmer what’s the first snake? I know what the second one is…… Also ran into a tortoise.

 

[OTHRider]

It sure looks like a Longnose Snake. None of the Kings we caught ever had those distinctive side blotches.

 

[SnakeCharmer]

It sure looks like a Longnose Snake. None of the Kings we caught ever had those distinctive side blotches.

Yep, it's a Longnose. A sand swimmer, usually nocturnal.

 

[evdog]

Came across this guy a couple nights ago. Less than 10" long, and feisty. Got him off the road.

 

[SnakeCharmer]

Came across this guy a couple nights ago. Less than 10" long, and feisty. Got him off the road.

The California Mountain King, our prettiest snake.