Go | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
| Blinded by the Sun  |
I left this alone pending ID  ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | ||
|
| Member |
Pet it profusely with attention and dedication. Just kidding. That is a nope rope copperhead | |||
|
Fighting the good fight |
I'd have killed it without a second thought. My rule is if it's near my house and I can't immediately identify it as something common and non-threatening (garter snake, black snake, etc.), it's dead. I've killed several questionable patterned brown snakes in my back yard over the years. Not worth the risk to me, my family, or my dogs. | |||
|
Striker in waiting |
Yep. Copperhead. But leave it alone anyway. Doesn’t look like it’s interested in you. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
|
| Member |
I pick them up, put them in a box, and drive them away from town. When the kids were living at home, it was a good lesson. They didn't need to be afraid of wildlife, and learned to respect it. We also took the time to research the snake and observe its behavior, which was educational for them as well. | |||
|
Truth Wins |
If you do that with this snake, PLEASE make a video of you doing it.  Definitely, without question, this is a Copperhead. Glad you let it go. It's a gorgeous snake. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
|
Spread the Disease |
Agree with the assessments that that is a copperhead. If I don't HAVE to kill it, I don't. If it is out of the way and not threatening me or my family/pets, I leave them alone. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
|
Member |
Nope, not a copperhead - don't see any "pits" near the eyes. Coppers are "pit vipers" and locating the pits is the way to truly recognize a copperhead. My eyes are bad, but I don't see the pits. ========================================== Just my 2¢ ____________________________ Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right ♫♫♫ | |||
|
| Spread the Disease |
Your eyes must have more megapixels than the camera the OP used.  Look at the shape of the head. That ain't no corn snake. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
|
| Would you like a sandwich?  |
V shaped head, it is poisonous. If in nature, I leave alone, in my yard, around my animals or kids, I kill. If non poisonous, I leave it be. | |||
|
Hop head  |
http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com/ https://www.chesterfieldarmament.com/ | |||
|
| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated  |
Dead "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." FBLM LGB! | |||
|
| Too soon old, too late smart |
I usually dispatch a half dozen or so a year - 3 in one day! Several friends have been bitten and each say it’s a very painful bite. A friend was clearing three adjoining lots next to his home for his kids to build on and every time he found a copperhead he’d go get his cat to let her sort it out. His cat was an absolute ninja. The final score was... The cat several dozen The copperheads 0 | |||
|
| Just Hanging Around |
It sure doesn’t have the pattern of a copperhead. Are there variations? http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com/?s=Copperhead+ | |||
|
Member |
I'm no expert, but that looks VERY Copperhead-ish to me! Also, I'm not sure the pit would actually be visible at the camera angle of your shot. The head plat extends out and over the pit. At the angle of your photo, the pit may be obscured by the head plate. Here are some photos of copperheads and similar looking snakes. >>> https://www.virginiaherpetolog...likes/copperhead.htm *********************** * Diligentia Vis Celeritis * *********************** "Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy." - Sun Tsu - The Art of War "Fast is Fine, but Accuracy is Everything" - Wyatt Earp | |||
|
| Truth Wins |
Yes, there are subspecies. The copperhead in the picture on that websites is a Trans Pecos Copperhead. They have thick bands. https://www.google.com/search?...gB&biw=2560&bih=1298 The copperhead that the OP posted is either a northern copperhead, or a southern copperhead, or an intergrade between the two. https://www.google.com/search?...BM&biw=2560&bih=1298 _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
|
| Just Hanging Around |
Down the page, a little bit, is a picture of an Eastern Copperhead. Sure looks like the one in the OP. | |||
|
| Freethinker |
Clearly a copperhead. Many images here showing variations in color and patterns. https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=Z4WUcZPApJfFoM: Where was the above snake seen? ► 6.4/93.6 | |||
|
Member |
Definitely a Copperhead. | |||
|
| Member |
If it's in your yard kill it. Don't take a chance that it will bite someone. " | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 2 3 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
© SIGforum 2024