what species of snake is this?

ugly one

diamondback, eastern probably, western maybe, Why? in the house. /

One u don't want bit by!

Very rare headless rattle bug. They don't survive in captivity.

Sure looks like eastern diamondback, notice the yellow around the diamonds according to National Geographic...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay....ptiles/e/eastern-diamondback-rattlesnake

Eastern Diamondback

its a nunna

nunna them here thankfully.

Western diamond back

Must have a mouse problem in the house, I would just go the trap and peanut butter route myself!

Details please. Where did you find that? With the weather here I don't think you found it in NY this early. It certainly does look big to me......jk

Canvasback2- Do you know where the snake was from? Based only on the “coontail” markings, I believe it is a Western Diamondback (Crotalus atrox). The Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) lacks the distinct “coontail” markings.

Two locally caught Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes, notice the variation in color. The more brightly colored one had recently shed its skin. The third snake is a Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

as far as I know, the only poisonous snakes we have here are timber rattlesnakes, with copperheads in some places.

that looks BIG!

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake . Found in a Florida Condo, under a bed.

Yikes!!

Exactly!

Here's a western diamondback....

When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's our "Vacation" every year was to drive to Florida and catch snakes for the family zoo and to sell to some of the local big city zoos ( Bronx, Orange, and Staten Island). To get diamond backs we would go to where they had just burned off a plantation. The rattlesnakes would go into a hole during a fire and then come back out afterwards, you could spot them from 50 yards away against that black background. We only kept the ones over 4.5 feet long usually brought home 75 or so. To catch cottonmouths we would drive along a road that had a ditch alongside. I would stand on the tailgate and spot them as Dad drove along. Tapping on the roof he would stop, if the snake was far across the ditch we would tap it with a cane pole and they would swim right at us, then we would catch 'em. Great memories!!!

Good Grief, My dad told me there was "No such thing" as monsters under my bed!

Eric: I have great memories as a kid of visiting Beemerville and watching your dad stand in that circular concrete "pit!" He would tiptoe through the snakes, occasionally picking one up and explaining its natural history to the assembled crowd. Those huge FL diamondbacks were the most impressive of the lot!

It really sparked my interest in snakes and soon I had my own collection (it was not illegal then.) I would cruise Hamburg Mtn and Kittatinny Ridge and collect rattlesnakes in the Spring, keep them awhile and then release them. I had fun, but my Mom was not a big supporter of my hobby!

Pete

Snakes are pretty adept at getting out of enclosures.

As someone who has lost some surprisingly large snakes, I agree with Boco.

I used to always bring back fish, reptiles, rocks and plants from my family vacations too.

Keith

Looks like an Eastern Diamondback to me and I can guarantee you he will biteyoass.

I was wrong------ again. It is most definitely an eastern.

We learn by doing. Keep at it!

If that picture was took in NY it one bad lost snake is what it is.