it's the first time I've been that far south so there were more than a few times that I saw a snake and tried to call it by a northern name, lol. Unfortunately it was still a little too early in the year to see most snake species but since the ones we did see were all new I left very pleased. I think the coolest was the Texas Indigosnake. I tried to pass it off as a Black Ratsnake at first but the Peterson guide is pretty good at straightening people out who are outside of their normal geographic range

The watersnake above must have just come out of dormancy -- they are generally very defensive but of the three I caught none of them tried to strike and only one musked. Had it drawn blood from me I am sure it may have been a turn off for the people in the group uncomfortable with snakes!

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