Holy crap! What kind of snake is this?

[jbonnette]

Found this snake in my pool this morning! We have a pretty large ditch behind the house and the heavy rain last night made him seek refuge in the pool . I chased the little sucker around the pool for about 10 minutes before I finally fished him out with a net and killed him with a shovel.

Any ideas what kind it is?

 

[Gumbo]

Cottonmouth?

 

[CrkdLtr]

Cottonmouth?

Head doesn't have that viper shape.

It's just a common water snake. Not poisonous.

This is a Cotton Mouth, or what others refer to as a Water Moccasin

 

[kz45]

None poisonous water snake ( dead water snake)

 

[cajun 22]

Round pupils= non-poisonous.

 

[LA_Huntsman]

Head doesn't have that viper shape.

It's just a common water snake. Not poisonous.

This is a Cotton Mouth, or what others refer to as a Water Moccasin

This makes my skin crawl!!!

 

[jbonnette]

He had a yellow belly.

Glad to know that it wasn't poisonous!

 

[nickatnite]

He had a yellow belly.

Glad to know that it wasn't poisonous!

Keep in mind, where there is one, there are three!

 

[themcfarland]

http://www.houstonherp.com/YellowbellyWS.html

 

[bronzdragon]

We used to have a snake that looked a lot like this in IN growing up, called it a black racer. It too, wasn't poisonous, but it's big and long and would be enough for me to get the shotgun out.

~rc~

 

[Moondew]

Yea they eat things like frogs, small fish etc
Non-venom, harmless (well he used to be)

 

[glockfan]

Water Moccasin

 

[Ben Segrest]

Water Moccasin

nope

 

[Xenon]

When can the heathens come over?

When he finds the other two?

 

[hdfinder47]

Southeastern Black Mamba. Somewhat rare in LA - good entertainment for children and protector of small pets.



jk

 

[Cubsfan]

Yellow-bellied watersnake. Harmless. Don't think I've ever seen so many people (grown men at that) afraid/ignorant of animals and wanting to kill them because of it than on this board. Snakes, spiders, dogs... just sayin.

 

[JadeRaven]

Triple tap! But probably worth saying thrice.

 

[stormrider54]

From what you described and the pictures it is obvious what kind of snake this is.

This is absoutely, without a doubt, a dead snake.

 

[vietboy1st]

i am not a big Fan of snake and yes i am afraid of them. . But if i do see them, i will kill it with whatever i have on my hands.... But selling sneak's skin is a good business also.

 

[screamingdemon]

I don't like killing snakes. They're just trying to live their life just like we are. 9 times out of 10 they'll run away from you but when they feel threatened they will defend themselves just as we would. If you're going to go to the trouble of messing with it at least relocate it somewhere safe for you and the snake. I've even relocated a few rattlesnakes.