Cool looking. Diamond head? Hard for me to see against the concrete background.
Hey! Can anyone help ID this snake?
Some friends in Clover, SC found it. That is just west of Charlotte.
I thought the shape of the bands looks like a water snake, but I have not seen a gray and black water snake before. And I am no expert.
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Quiet, ya'll... that is not a venomous snake.
That was what I was guessing too. But I have only ever seen brown ones.Banded water snake? Maybe?
That’d be my guess based on the pattern.
I was thinking it could not be a rattlesnake because of the shape of the head. But again, I am no expert. And I didn’t see it in personI'm not sure that's not a black phase timber rattler. @Burt Gummer, what say you?
i’m leaning towards
I thought hognose, but the pattern is all wrong.
Rattlesnakes have rattles, generally, and timber rattlers have a different pattern.
Nah. I say non venomous, honestly not 100% sure. Doesn’t have the head or face of a hoggie, not a milk snake either. The body shape resembles hog but head and nose are all wrong unless the pic just hides it. They have very distinct headsI'm not sure that's not a black phase timber rattler. @Burt Gummer, what say you?
I can buy this. Especially looking at some pics of juveniles. do they have a size estimate and was it near water?They just submitted a picture of it to something (app?) called snake snap, and got a reply that it is a midland water snake
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One of my buddies in WV saw these this weekend.
Probably just a timber rattler.That looks like a canebrake rattlesnake to me.
Probably just a timber rattler.
Not a snake person so I didn't know that at all. WV has timber and eastern diamond backs which are less common if I remember my natural history class correctly.Canebrake = timber/timber = canebrake. One and the same.
Not a snake person so I didn't know that at all. WV has timber and eastern diamond backs which are less common if I remember my natural history class correctly.
It's like pop vs soda, sneakers vs tennis shoes. It's really a regional thing. They are called canebrakes usually in the coastal plane, and timbers everywhere else. There is an army place in WV, Camp Dawson, one year in the late 90s we were up there doing some training, and a guy came across an eastern diamondback. It was a thing; apparently they are quite rare up there.
Camp Dawson is a very interesting place. I had a friend in the National guard up there said it was a training center for a lot of Special Forces because of the terrain. No Idea if that is true or not.
Heard back today. It was near water and was 8-12 inches.I can buy this. Especially looking at some pics of juveniles. do they have a size estimate and was it near water?