Snake skin ID

[alpinehyperlite]

Couldn't get the head, but can anyone identify this skin? Looks like a copperhead to me, but that's only based on what I've read online.

 

[themcfarland]

whats it smell like? copperheads have a very distink odor

 

[alpinehyperlite]

These things freak me out so much I'm not even able to touch, much less smell this thing. Lol

 

[JLouv]

Whatever it is, the snake is healthy & well hydrated to leave such a complete shell.

 

[MilOperator]

Looks like a snake skin to me, but I might be mistaken.

 

[Mojo Rider]

If you have a complete skin all the way to the tip of the tail then there is an easy way to determine if it's from a venomous or non-venomous snake. Flip the skin over and take a look at the belly scales. All snakes have a single row of belly scales until the anal vent scale where it splits into a double row of scales down to the tip of the tail on non-venomous snakes.
All North American pit vipers have a single row of scales from their ass to the tip of their tale.

 

[Bayoupiper]

There is a healthy snake out there.

Watching.

Waiting.






.

 

[oleheat]

Things could be worse....

Not my pic, above- but I once had six of these little bastards under a sheet of plywood at my camp.....


.22 ratshot works well on them.

 

[stinkysix]

alive those are worth $55.00 each all day long, and they sell fast.

 

[jms]

Rat (chicken snake ) look so alike in their color in my opinion . I always have to look for the shape of head to tell difference in a hurry. If you don't get a hard answer my nephew, now in his 40's , loves to catch snake in the wild with his bare hands for the thrill . I can contact him if necessary. He has been doing this since a young boy . He's very intelligent in most matters except in that situation . JMHO

 

[falshooter]

alive those are worth $55.00 each all day long, and they sell fast.

If I would have known they were worth money, I would have tried to catch this one. In my yard by the grandkids playhouse.

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[oleheat]

alive those are worth $55.00 each all day long, and they sell fast.

Damn it.



I'll keep that in mind. Seems like we've got more than a few hanging around, some years....


What's the going rate for moccasins? Seems like there's more of those, than anything....



EDIT: Saw this site a while back....I had no idea scorpions were so cheap....


http://www.backwaterreptiles.com/

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

That one looks like a Martin. Very Similar to a Bob, though, not the same.

 

[Mojo Rider]

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Time to build a flame thrower. Haha. I guess the only thing worse than seeing them..... Is NOT seeing them.

 

[southlaems]

where can you sell snakes?

 

[S&W4ME]

If I would have known they were worth money, I would have tried to catch this one. In my yard by the grandkids playhouse.

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How dare you shoot that defenseless snake all he was doing was coming home from the store with some tea and Skittles

 

[stinkysix]

where can you sell snakes?

Snakes are the #1 selling animal in the world for pets, theres a Repticon snake show in New Orleans this weekend if you want to see a crap load of snakes, turtles and lizards.


Also tons of websites that sell them.

 

[edman87k5]

What kind of idiot pays money for a copperhead?

 

[southlaems]

What kind of idiot pays money for a copperhead?

Thats what I was asking. Do people buy poisonous snakes? if so, who? I can catch a crap load......