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Another shot, showing off the dorsal pattern!
I was hiking yesterday and came across this wild snake. I think it's a "brown snake" or Storeria dekayi ... excuse the dirty nails, I'd been hiking O-o
They are small native snakes that eat mostly earthworms, snails, and slugs.
Please note I would not recommend messing with a wild snake, especially if you cannot identify what it is. FWIW there are only four types of venomous snakes in North America: Rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes. Even these will likely pose no threat if you just respect them and leave them alone :)
I was hiking yesterday and came across this wild snake. I think it's a "brown snake" or Storeria dekayi ... excuse the dirty nails, I'd been hiking O-o
They are small native snakes that eat mostly earthworms, snails, and slugs.
Please note I would not recommend messing with a wild snake, especially if you cannot identify what it is. FWIW there are only four types of venomous snakes in North America: Rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes. Even these will likely pose no threat if you just respect them and leave them alone :)
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Snake / Serpent
Size 353 x 800px
File Size 189.4 kB
Oh my, lucky! Sounds like heaven <3
Lol, ringnecks - my favorite is this photo (not mine, never seen one live, alas!)
Lol, ringnecks - my favorite is this photo (not mine, never seen one live, alas!)
Yeah, I've had a ringneck for a while now. They generally don't do well in captivity because they're so small and shy, but he's quite the little champion and doesn't mind human presence.
Really not a snake for most people. Only about a foot long too.
Right after his shed I should take a couple pictures, because his belly will be so vivid. It's interesting when they do the tail curl like that, I think it's for defensive purposes?
Really not a snake for most people. Only about a foot long too.
Right after his shed I should take a couple pictures, because his belly will be so vivid. It's interesting when they do the tail curl like that, I think it's for defensive purposes?
Yes! I thought it was a worm for a second when I saw it, so tiny!
Yeah except for corals (which I think are really rare and mostly around florida) I find most venomous snakes have a really distinctive head shape because of their venom sacs... they just look like something you shouldn't mess with! Not that I've seen any in the wild, but I can spot them at shows that allow hots right away.
I think it's a lot of fun, I just don't want to encourage people to be reckless with wild animals in any way :)
Yeah except for corals (which I think are really rare and mostly around florida) I find most venomous snakes have a really distinctive head shape because of their venom sacs... they just look like something you shouldn't mess with! Not that I've seen any in the wild, but I can spot them at shows that allow hots right away.
I think it's a lot of fun, I just don't want to encourage people to be reckless with wild animals in any way :)
Woop, to clarify - Elapids don't always "look venomous" to me, but the only elapids in north america are coral snakes, which are rare and ought to be pretty distinctive (although apparently at least one person came across a melanistic coral snake, it was all black!)
Viperidae have a distinctive "venomous look" to me, and that's what most of the North American venomous are :B
Viperidae have a distinctive "venomous look" to me, and that's what most of the North American venomous are :B
*nods* I'm in Oregon, which is a bit north for corals. :) And rattlers prefer the western half of the state, I've never seen a life one here, though I saw quite a few when I lived in Utah. There you have to take quite a few precautions when hiking, rattlers are everywhere!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/306015.....08/3602654972/ worm snake in texas I saw swimming in my in laws' pool
Cute! Aww, poolsnake.
I did wonder if it was a wormsnake at first, but looking online, Storeria dekayi or the Brown Snake still seems the best fit for the one I found!
I did wonder if it was a wormsnake at first, but looking online, Storeria dekayi or the Brown Snake still seems the best fit for the one I found!
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