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snake ID #6790918
03/03/20 05:49 PM
03/03/20 05:49 PM
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Iowa
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My nephew just moved from here to Arkansas. He wanted verification. smile

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790923
03/03/20 05:51 PM
03/03/20 05:51 PM
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Posts: 5,459
Montana
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It is a Northern Water snake.

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790926
03/03/20 05:54 PM
03/03/20 05:54 PM
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Posts: 16,150
Tennessee
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"color blind Kraut"
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Tennessee
Copperhead just before shedding by the looks of it


Let's go Brandon

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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790928
03/03/20 05:56 PM
03/03/20 05:56 PM
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Posts: 16,150
Tennessee
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"color blind Kraut"
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Tennessee
Doesn't the water snake have black lines / patches coming up from the belly on the sides.


Let's go Brandon

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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790930
03/03/20 05:58 PM
03/03/20 05:58 PM
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Posts: 115
Louisiana
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Doesn’t look poisonous by the head shape but it would be a dead snake if I saw it. King snakes are the only ones I let live lol

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790933
03/03/20 05:59 PM
03/03/20 05:59 PM
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Wyoming
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Wyoming
I think Scuba is right. Getting ready to shed the patern looks familiar.


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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790934
03/03/20 06:00 PM
03/03/20 06:00 PM
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Posts: 2,581
sometimes PA sometimes ME
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sometimes PA sometimes ME
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix. ENDANGERED. It is illegal to kill or collect this species by law in Iowa. Although copperheads may be quite common in other parts of their range, they are at the northern limits of their range here and are one of Iowa's rarest snakes


Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta. PROTECTED. It is illegal to kill or collect this species by law in Iowa. Common in eastern Iowa, records for the southern parts of the state are scattered.

Northern water snakes are by far the most abundant of the three water snake species in Iowa, and also one of the most common large snakes in general. It is often seen by fishermen, who may mistake them for the venomous cottonmouth, which is not found in Iowa

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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790935
03/03/20 06:03 PM
03/03/20 06:03 PM
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Louisiana
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I’m voting eastern rat snake just because of the head shape

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790950
03/03/20 06:28 PM
03/03/20 06:28 PM
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Iowa
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Plain-bellied water snake is what it is here is a link https://www.google.com/search?q=pla...iT277PrP_nAhWRmp4KHeK8BcIQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA


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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790951
03/03/20 06:28 PM
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South Carolina
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I'm thinking copperhead. You can't always go by the head shape in my experience.


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Re: snake ID [Re: Tom cat] #6790953
03/03/20 06:30 PM
03/03/20 06:30 PM
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Hudson valley , NY
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Hudson valley , NY
Water snake

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790955
03/03/20 06:31 PM
03/03/20 06:31 PM
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carolina, Alabama
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That is not a copperhead. probably a water snake that will get killed for looking like a water moccasin.


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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790966
03/03/20 06:39 PM
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As already mentioned it’s a northern water snake

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6790970
03/03/20 06:41 PM
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Wyoming
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I have a 100% positive ID... it is, without a doubt... a "Nope Rope"


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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6791050
03/03/20 07:55 PM
03/03/20 07:55 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
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Water snake


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Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6791075
03/03/20 08:14 PM
03/03/20 08:14 PM
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central arkansas
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My son is a big time amatuer snake man. He says banded water snake.


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Re: snake ID [Re: Swamp Wolf] #6791076
03/03/20 08:14 PM
03/03/20 08:14 PM
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Va. Lee Co.
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Pick it up and look at its eyes...

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6791103
03/03/20 08:44 PM
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Asheville, NC
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It looks like a copperhead to me.

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6791113
03/03/20 08:50 PM
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SW Pa
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water snake, have one living in our spring every year

Re: snake ID [Re: ~ADC~] #6791119
03/03/20 08:51 PM
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Virginia
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My standard bet of $20,000 says northern watersnake.
The tell is the dark margin surrounding the brown/tan patches.

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