A couple of Common Watersnakes in high water on the upper Cuyahoga last July.
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A couple of Common Watersnakes in high water on the upper Cuyahoga last July.
Smooth Green Snake
Dekay's Brown Snake
Northern Ring-necked snake
I didn't know what this one was. Anyone know?
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I’m no snake expert, but that triangular head and thick body to me makes me think venomous snake. My guess would be a copperhead, but that’s a wild guess.
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No expert here but I'm in agreement with Erica. I was always taught that the snakes with triangular heads were to be avoided due to their being poisonous. I'm sure there are exceptions but I've never felt the need to get close enough to check out the pupils of their eyes.
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
I have been trying to figure this out. Hognosed snake is not right and the head is not upside down. The plates on the top of the head are like armor. This snake lives mostly under ground and uses its head to push through soil, sometimes quite gravelly.
My next guess will be pine snake. They are variable in markings and there is currently much debate about species- eastern, northern, southern, etc. Pine snake gets very large
My next guess will be pine snake. They are variable in markings and there is currently much debate about species- eastern, northern, southern, etc. Pine snake gets very large
Looks like a northern water snake per Dr. Google.
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Neither the pine snake nor the northern water snake have a triangular head. Here's the head of a copperhead, which shows the plate-like scales on top of the head.
Copperhead
Copperhead
No triangular head that I can see. Definitely not a copperhead. Scales appear keeled, consistent with water snakes.
I don't know much about snakes, but the infallible interweb tells me that most pit vipers, including northern copperheads, have keeled scales.
Northern copperhead
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I also read that copperheads have "Hershey Kiss" or hourglass-shaped bands on their bodies. I don't see those on @lowangle al's snake-on-a-stick dinner treat.
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