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post #21 of 24
5/1/12 at 5:30am
Its a young Rat Snake
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post #22 of 24
8/10/12 at 3:13pm

im not quite sure what kind of snake it is but im leaning towards a rat snake but i dont think it is poiseness

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post #23 of 24
8/10/12 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by jonhub View Post

im not quite sure what kind of snake it is but im leaning towards a rat snake but i dont think it is poiseness

and rat snakes are not venomess

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post #24 of 24
8/12/12 at 8:39pm
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Originally Posted by Henny peeny View Post

this help

 

venomous versus nonvenomous venomous the eye and nostril, photo of snake eyes, here

 eyes, all venomous snakes venomous  from Non-Venomous Snakes non venomous

 

the nostril and eye. copper head (venomous) All of the poisonous snakes in (unknown)

 

Link of all sorts of snake venomous and non venomous snakes maybe you can find it in these

 

http://www.squidoo.com/snakes_louisiana

 

Rhayden

There is a couple of flaws in the above picture examples. The top left hand snake is a non-venomous juvenile tree python. The snake in the top left hand corner appears to be a black mamba which is of course extremely venomous. In native species it might be true that elongated pupils and pits around the mouth indicate a venomous snake, but that is not true of non-native species. Many species of pythons (such as the one above) have pits. A lot of non-venomous species have slitted pupils. My boas all of elongated pupils and of course are not venomous. Coral snakes do not have pits or slitted pupils and are venomous. That is not a very reliable way to tell the difference as indicated by the top two snakes.

 

Pretty much the only venomous snakes with slitted pupils are vipers. Cobras, Mambas, Taipans, Boomslangs, Sea Kraits, Tigers, Eastern Browns, Feirce snakes, etc....all extremely venomous, all round pupils.

 

(And please for heaven's sake, don't trust sources that refer to snakes as "poisonous" rather than "venomous". They are almost always made by people with little understanding of reptiles in general.)


Edited by OtterCreekRanch - 8/12/12 at 8:52pm
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