I don't really think the credentials matter if you miss an ID like that. Although I guess this snake has a superficial pattern similarity to a Timber Rattler, I don't think you will find too many Timbers stretched out on a log basking in a river (unless there is one hell of a flood!)

As for their credentials:

Expertise
Snake identification, husbandry, venom compositions, how to remove and relocate snakes safely, assistance with bite emergency, how to keep snakes out of your yard, venomous or non venomous, and how to coexist with them and be happy doing it.

This isn't expertise, it is experience. And you still whiffed on this one.

But this was my favorite...

Cryptozoology society (British) -

Are you serious? Someone put this on their vita/resumé? ROTFLMAO!

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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