Saturday, May 14, 2011

name that snake...


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37 comments:

  1. Hard to tell from that angle and I have never been that great with names, but, is that "Ssssteve the snake"?

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  2. Howard. I name him Howard.

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  3. Looks like a gopher snake aka bull snake, Pituophis melanoleucus.
    Eats rodents. Good to have around unless you're afraid of snakes.

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  4. Well if you don't like snakes I would call him a DEAD snake. I like Jon H's name for the snake, call him Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssteve.

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  5. sssssssssssssteve or Ssssssssssteven.

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  6. Trans-Pecos rat snake. Good snake to have around..likes mice.

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  7. Is that a sunrise or sunset photo?

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  8. I was sitting in the garden one day when one of those guys came down the hill behind our Gazebo... scared the hell out of me before I realized it was a gopher snake. Definitely something my wife and I won't forget.

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  9. Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssindy or Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssarah if it is a female snake.

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  10. It looks sort of like a barn snake we have here in Mississippi..I only know them by that nickname... That's a beautiful snake...great patterns and colors...

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  11. They will bite if threatened. Won't kill you, but wouldn't be any fun.

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  12. OMG...I Hate snakes...That picture made my skin crawl..

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  13. Snakes are cool. Snakes eat rodents that carrie diseases in the desert like the "Hantavirus"

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  14. Bullsnake! Love those guys. Stay clear if you're a rodent, though...

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  15. Definitely Bull snake. Very beneficial, very cool, and they will make you hurt yourself when you stumble upon one!

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  16. Pituophis melanoleucus, Bull Snake.

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  17. How long was it? Looked 10 feet long!

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  18. That's at least a thirty footer. Me? I'm the dust storm you see running the other way.

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  19. We call that a BIG snake. Call Daddy!!!

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  20. I vote for the bull snake (P.c. sayi) on p. 224 of . "Texas Snakes" by Dixon and Werler. It appears to be a little out of it normal range. What would be really cool to find is the Sonoran Gopher Snake - p. 223. Beautiful markings. Dixon was my herpetology professor at Texas A&M and his book is at Front Street.

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  21. If I could see the face, I'd know for sure if it was a Gopher Snake. They eat rattle snakes so we loved having them on the property up here. Did it have a dark brown band across the eyes?

    You sure take some interesting pictures that document your life down there. Keep up the good work. I love checking in on you.

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  22. CD is the snakes name.

    short for count dracula.

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  23. I vote for naming it "Tex."

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