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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:31:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:32:25 PM EDT
[#1]
That, sir, is a snek.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:34:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Looks like a water moccasin to me
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:37:31 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me (curious, not a snek expert) |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:37:55 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:39:52 PM EDT
[#5]
Its hard to tell based off the picture.
King or black rat snake would be my guess. Moccasins typically have real thick bodies with short tails. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:39:52 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What details lead you to that? (curious, not a snek expert) From the potato photo; Coloration Body shape Head shape |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:40:21 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. Head shape is a terrible indicator. Non-venomous snakes flatten their heads when threatened. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:41:18 PM EDT
[#8]
Need a better photo of the head, but I'd guess it is a water snake.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:41:20 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me Lol no |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:42:04 PM EDT
[#10]
Did you ask it? Are you a blonde teenager with a eye brow ring?
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:42:17 PM EDT
[#11]
Triangle head and triangle type body would have me worried!
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:42:32 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Head shape is a terrible indicator. Non-venomous snakes flatten their heads when threatened. This is true, but it is a potato photo…and all we have to GD with… |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:42:38 PM EDT
[#13]
Southern water snake is my best guess.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:43:05 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: From the potato photo; Coloration Body shape Head shape Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What details lead you to that? (curious, not a snek expert) From the potato photo; Coloration Body shape Head shape This. But could be water snake need a better head shot or belly view get some close ups OP |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:43:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:43:34 PM EDT
[#16]
11MB photo got compressed to 1.7MB on upload.
I did not think it looked venomous until I started seeing the pointy head after looking at the photo some more. Wife thought it might be a water snake. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:43:46 PM EDT
[#17]
Head shape looks poisonous...black snake has a more oval shaped head. This one, very triangular.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:44:20 PM EDT
[#18]
NOT a moccasin.
Looks to be a water snake....plain-bellied water snake perhaps. 
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:44:47 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Head shape looks poisonous...black snake has a more oval shaped head. This one, very triangular. Like this? https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/116/2020/10/IMG_2922.jpg |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:45:33 PM EDT
[#20]
Based only on photo, I am also GUESSING Water Moccasin based on the head, the coloration (Moccasins come in a wide variety of color patterns) and the bulk of the body.
I am NOT a Snek Expert, so if somebody really knowledgeable could chime-in and edumacate me, I would appreciate it. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:46:17 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Head shape looks poisonous...black snake has a more oval shaped head. This one, very triangular. Water snake, and there aren't "poisonous" snakes. Read up a bit more before doling out advice. You'll likely get beneficial snakes killed with those suggestions. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:47:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NOT a moccasin. Looks to be a water snake....plain-bellied water snake perhaps. Thank you. I was hoping you’d show up |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:47:43 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 11MB photo got compressed to 1.7MB on upload. I did not think it looked venomous until I started seeing the pointy head after looking at the photo some more. Wife thought it might be a water snake. Listen to your wife. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:48:42 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thank you. I was hoping you’d show up Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: NOT a moccasin. Looks to be a water snake....plain-bellied water snake perhaps. Thank you. I was hoping you’d show up Pic added to my post. 
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:52:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:53:09 PM EDT
[#26]
Cottonmouths are fat chonkers
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:54:22 PM EDT
[#27]
Common water snake. Non venomous
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:55:17 PM EDT
[#28]
This looks like a nonvenomous water snake.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:57:37 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cottonmouths are fat chonkers https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/twra/images/reptiles/cottonmouth/cottonmouth.jpg It's a chungus I don't want among us. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:58:43 PM EDT
[#30]
Lots of folks are naming it a king snake.
Clearly it's not a king snake. THIS is a king snake; see the crown?  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:59:13 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. I think it needs more head width relative to the neck before I’d conclude it’s a pit viper. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 1:59:45 PM EDT
[#32]
It's a plain bellied water snake. Any one suggesting it's a water moccasin is wrong. Anyone suggesting it's a water moccasin due to "head shape" needs to learn to ID snakes based off more than old wive's tales.
 Attached FileETA: you could post it on Texas Snake Identification on FB, but I'd probably be the one to provide the ID there, too. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:00:09 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me Wear it's ass out with a boat paddle OP! Lol |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:00:52 PM EDT
[#34]
Thickened middle makes me think water moccasin.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:01:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:03:47 PM EDT
[#36]
All you saying water moccasins are like the media calling every firearm an AR15/AK47
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:03:48 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Water snake, and there aren't "poisonous" snakes. Read up a bit more before doling out advice. You'll likely get beneficial snakes killed with those suggestions. Well, in fairness, if another human being is going to be wrong about the ID, I’d probably prefer they incorrectly ID a non-venomous rather than incorrectly ID’ing a venomous. Unknown snake in the yard with kids and dog running around? Sometimes in life it’s not just about the odds, it’s about the stakes. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:03:56 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it needs more head width relative to the neck before I’d conclude it’s a pit viper. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. I think it needs more head width relative to the neck before I’d conclude it’s a pit viper. I would say that this snake is suspect. Are you in East Texas OP? Water snakes that I have seen swimming in rock holes and rivers don't look like that. It looks like that head was made for patrolling more than it is for squiggling. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:04:58 PM EDT
[#39]
I leave snakes alone, so far...
I've never encountered one with a triangular head in my little yard; if I did I'm not saying I'd kill it. 
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:07:40 PM EDT
[#40]
We saw a snake with that coloration Saturday during a trail hike. It was longer with a slimmer head area. I though my son expected me to shoot it. No man, I dislike rodents as much as it likes them.
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:08:59 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ...and there aren't "poisonous" snakes. Actually there are a handful of poisonous snake species. As long as you don't eat garter snakes you're fine. https://www.osc.org/can-snakes-be-venomous-and-poisonous/ |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:10:56 PM EDT
[#42]
Not a moccasin. Water snake.
Head shape doesn't mean a damn thing. The biggest tell on a Moccasin is the bandit mask on his eyes, hooded eyes, charlie brown pattern(if you can see it) and they are usually short and fat mofos. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:14:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:16:36 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Lots of folks are naming it a king snake. Clearly it's not a king snake. THIS is a king snake; see the crown? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/264818/Screenshot_20230612_135520_Firefox_jpg-2848894.JPG I like your ball. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:17:20 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it needs more head width relative to the neck before I’d conclude it’s a pit viper. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. I think it needs more head width relative to the neck before I’d conclude it’s a pit viper. Head shape doesn't mean a thing. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:17:54 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thickened middle makes me think water moccasin. What if he just ate? I have a thickened middle after eating too. Don't beat me with a boat paddle, bro! |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:20:15 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: NOT a moccasin. Looks to be a water snake....plain-bellied water snake perhaps. https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/602817/large.jpg?1386441347 Kinda pretty.. still has that bitey look some snakes have lol... like you know 9 times out of 10 if you mess with that particular species your gonna get snapped at. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:21:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Head shape is a terrible indicator. Non-venomous snakes flatten their heads when threatened. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looks like a water moccasin to me im leaning this way. Head looks like a pit viper. Head shape is a terrible indicator. Non-venomous snakes flatten their heads when threatened. I have had a few large rat snakes around my place for years. I like knowing they are around. Snapped this pic just two weeks ago..4 footer on a branch by the barn.  Attached FileThat being said...the pit viper headed one in OP would get the shovel chop and bury treatment at my place. |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:21:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kinda pretty.. still has that bitey look some snakes have lol... like you know 9 times out of 10 if you mess with that particular species your gonna get snapped at. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: NOT a moccasin. Looks to be a water snake....plain-bellied water snake perhaps. https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/602817/large.jpg?1386441347 Kinda pretty.. still has that bitey look some snakes have lol... like you know 9 times out of 10 if you mess with that particular species your gonna get snapped at. Pretty spot on. Add a little musk to that as well! |
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Posted: 6/12/2023 2:21:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kinda pretty.. still has that bitey look some snakes have lol... like you know 9 times out of 10 if you mess with that particular species your gonna get snapped at. they ARE buttholes. |
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