What Kind of Snake ??
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red14
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Is that a common snake in Georgia?
Naw - they migrate from the Little PeeDee River swamp over by Myrtle Beach,SC. They can also jump 8 feet flat-footed.
geoff40
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Rikkn
A Copperhead or a Cottonmouth are both pit vipers. They have large, triangular shaped heads, with "cheeks" that stand out from the neck quite a lot making the wide end of the triangle, the nose being the point. Those cheeks are that way for those fangs and the poison glands at their roots. Also both species have serpent type eyes, pupils that are like the lower half of a crescent moon.
The snake in your pic is not a pit viper, the head is too narrow, and I am sure had round pupils of the eyes. It is (it was) a water snake, not poisonous or any danger to a dog or people.
A Copperhead or a Cottonmouth are both pit vipers. They have large, triangular shaped heads, with "cheeks" that stand out from the neck quite a lot making the wide end of the triangle, the nose being the point. Those cheeks are that way for those fangs and the poison glands at their roots. Also both species have serpent type eyes, pupils that are like the lower half of a crescent moon.
The snake in your pic is not a pit viper, the head is too narrow, and I am sure had round pupils of the eyes. It is (it was) a water snake, not poisonous or any danger to a dog or people.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Those are the worst kind. I hear tell that they can run down and sink party barges.
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bk43
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You're well within the range of the Northern Watersnake(and Southern also for that matter) and there's a lot of variation in the different subspecie's markings. We have a similar common watersnake down here that is also often mistaken for a cottonmouth. I saw one a couple weeks ago after some heavy rains and had to look twice to be sure it wasn't poisonous.
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J. Galt
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"This is either a Banded water snake or a Midland water snake depending on how far north and west you live in S.C. At any rate, a harmless reptile killed out of ignorance."
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I must be ignorant because I've killed a few non poisonous snakes,..... along with non poisonous ducks, rabbits, and phesants.
windjammer
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I'm not sure if he is still alive either. Been to his place twice. He started out by milking Cobras. The venom was to be used to fight polio. They said at that time, 1 oz of Cobra venom was worth 50 ozs of gold. This was in the early to mid 60's.
The last I knew, he had been bitten more than 170 times by some of the most venomous ones there is..
38-44HD45
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Ordinarily, I won't kill non-venomous snakes, and I've even been known to intentionally pick up a bullsnake and bring it to my barn, since they help with rodent control, and therefore, with reducing the frequency of rattlesnake encounters. However, I make exceptions for Nerodia (f/k/a Natrix) species. Ill-tempered SOBs, they are. Only kind of snake that has ever bitten me, and with no provocation whatsoever. Stink, too...
Lead Chucker
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I'm pretty sure Bill Haast is still alive - 98 years old.
I used to see snakes I though MIGHT be copperheads, until I saw a real on up close and personal. After that there was no mistaking what was and wasn't a copperhead.
Crazy K38
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this is a variation of a watersnake, if you look at the head although not a great picture you can clearly see the lack of venom glands, had he possessed venom glands the head would have been about twice that size,
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Red against yellow, kill a fellow. Red against black, venom lack.
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