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chrish
at Mon Aug 27 22:58:01 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
The problem we are having is that this snake appears to have a somewhat aberrant pattern - no snake in NC has this pattern normally. Therefore, based on the pattern alone it is difficult to narrow down.
If I had to guess based on what we can see and the locality, I might have to go with Eastern Hognose as well, although I couldn't eliminate a somewhat oddly colored Northern Copperhead.
The shape of the head reminds me more of a Northern Watersnake, but that is really tough to call from this photo.
So it is either an Eastern Hognose (harmless), a Northern Watersnake (harmless), or a Northern Copperhead (venomous). But without a better photo, you are never going to know what it was.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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