What kind of snake is this?

[theOEGBman]

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That was totally uncalled for and IMO, makes you look bad.



Everyone here should know by now I'm a snake fanatic. It definitely looks like an eastern milk. I own corns and it doesn't look like one, especially an anery. They are a captive bred morph and unless it's an escaped or released pet, there is pretty much no chance of finding an Anery in the wild. Although I wouldn't kill a snake, venomous or not, not everyone is like me. Boyd did what he felt necessary in this situation. I do appreciate you feeling sorry though, it shows that you're a good person.


BTW, I will say this again. Snakes are venomous, not poisonous. It's a major pet peeve of mine.

 

[Faverolle]

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Totally uncalled for! I'm by no means a tree hugger but everything has it's place in the wild whether you like whichever particular animal or not.

 

[Faverolle]

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That was totally uncalled for and IMO, makes you look bad.



Everyone here should know by now I'm a snake fanatic. It definitely looks like an eastern milk. I own corns and it doesn't look like one, especially an anery. They are a captive bred morph and unless it's an escaped or released pet, there is pretty much no chance of finding an Anery in the wild. Although I wouldn't kill a snake, venomous or not, not everyone is like me. Boyd did what he felt necessary in this situation. I do appreciate you feeling sorry though, it shows that you're a good person.


BTW, I will say this again. Snakes are venomous, not poisonous. It's a major pet peeve of mine.

I agree with most of your post but anerythristic corns are found in the wild and are actually abundant in some areas.

Boyd, although I don't agree with having killed it I can see where you are coming from with your reaction. Sometimes I forget that not everyone reacts in a nonchalant way regarding situations like this. After 25 plus years of keeping snakes, many, many years of catching and photographing everything from alligators-rattlesnakes and now going for my masters in wildlife biology I tend to act differently because I deal with many of these animals on a regular basis.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

I'm not a snake lover but we do live with them, in our neck of the woods it's usually a daily thing for me to see at least one. We have plenty of swamps and lowlands and think under brush. I saw a nice sized copperhead sunning back by the woodpile last weekend, it saw me coming and took off in the woodpile. I have no plans to go in after it, lol It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few days though, our local farmers are mowing fields and planting soybeans around our house, i'm quite sure that will get everything crawling around. This morning there was a box turtle under my truck, had to get it out from under the wheels so I could leave.

Steve in NC

 

[Uppity Peon]

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Don't feel bad. I was just interested in the post mortem identification. I'm not into snakes coiled up and striking at me either.

 

[theOEGBman]

Faverolle, thank you for that tidbit of info, I was not aware of that.

 

[lone cedar farm]

A long time ago when my daughter was small she would ask about every critter and tree in the woods, a lot of times even being an ole country boy I didnt know all the answers and it botherd me not knowing (you know Dads are supposed to know every thing)! I knew the poisonious snakes but not all the non-poisonious ones, well I went out and bought two books one on trees of the southeast and snakes of the southeast, both of these were pocket size with color pictures. These two books are still around here some where and have educated many here at lone Cedar Farm....some of the best money I ever spent!

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Just wanted to add, we have a copy of

Peterson Field Guides
Reptiles and Amphibians
Eastern/Central North America

ISBN 0-395-58389-6

It covers from Texas - north to the Dakotas - Manitoba and everything east. I guess there is a Western guide? Has very good pics, ranges of snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, gators.

Good reference book

Steve in NC

 

[Boyd]

what hangs me up on identification is the color.... I see diamond patterns I automatically freak. I've seen too many western diamondbacks and had a couple of close calls.

My real kryptonite though, is spiders.... ew..............

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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I can do without spiders as well. Couple of years ago I was out in the garden barefoot and I had a Black widow crawl arcoss my foot. When I looked down and saw the shiney black body I knew what it was right away. It took everything I had to stay still and not freak out until it got off me. still makes me shudder

Steve