Cottonmouth or Rat snake

[Darrell KSR]

http://t.co/UNbENWPaxe

[Doc]

I've had people bring in live coral snake, and ask me if they were coral snakes

http://blogs.houstonzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Texas-Coral-Snake-1-150x150.jpg

or if it was a scarlet kingsnake

http://www.collierpestcontrol.com/images/snakes-scarlet-king.jpg

and have it get away in the office

[blueboss]

I caught a coral snake when I lived in FL. ended up looking really good on a black Stetson


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[dan_bgblue]

I enlarged the pic as much as I could without losing all definition. It appears that the snake has a thin pointed tail, and for the head, unless the officer crushed the head from the sides, it is a Rat snake

[CitizenBBN]

The problem with most of the identifications people suggest is that to get close enough to use them you're pretty much toast if it's a venomous snake. Shape of pupils, the scales on the underbelly, if they have fangs. I'd rather ID the venomous ones from 6 or 10 feet if possible.

[blueboss]

Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack.

[ukcatlvr]

Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack.

I've never heard that phrase but I'll remember it. Personally I can't stand the damn things.

[blueboss]

I've never heard that phrase but I'll remember it. Personally I can't stand the damn things.

Keep in mind that ID phrase is for coral snake identification vs. the similar rat/king snake

[Darrell KSR]

Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack.


I've never heard that phrase but I'll remember it. Personally I can't stand the damn things.

Here's another one.

"Slither on the ground, stay away.
Heads toward you, make some hay."

That's mine. Unless I have a big stick.

[CitizenBBN]

Here's mine:

"Blam! Blam! blam! blam! OK, let's see if enough of it is left to figure out if it was venomous or not."

(Not really btw, garter snakes and such I just shoo on off the driveway or whatever. They eat vermin so I'm good with them.)

[dan_bgblue]

If they do not have fangs and do not crawl in bed with me at night, I am good with them. If they sneak up on me and startle me then it is every man for themselves, but in general they are not my enemy.

[KeithKSR]

I enlarged the pic as much as I could without losing all definition. It appears that the snake has a thin pointed tail, and for the head, unless the officer crushed the head from the sides, it is a Rat snake

I agree Rat snake. Given the length of the snake a cottonmouth would also have a much bigger girth.