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Picture taken by a friend,this past summer...(snake was photographed in situ in South Carolina.)

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HarlequinBoa.com Captive born excellence through applied genetic theory...and,astute observations based on a keen sense of the sometimes painfully obvious

That thing is so cool. I saw it when you posted it before. Nobody captured it, right?

That is so beautiful!

"Out there" as far as I know. the person that photographed it wasn't aware of what it was,and sent me the picture for ID.this may be an adaptation to help them blend in better with a predominantly sandy natural enviroment?(this was taken on a small island off the coast of South Carolina.) needless to say,I was pretty surprised when I saw the pic! pretty cool I thought.
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HarlequinBoa.com Captive born excellence through applied genetic theory...and,astute observations based on a keen sense of the sometimes painfully obvious

Thanks for the repost.....
Jamie

not to ruffle any feathers or burst any bubbles, but that is the plainest looking cottonmouth i have ever seen.

creep

And I am sure that Jamie will agree with Jamie on this. That is a Cottonmouth. But, for sure not a run of the mill Cotton. Patternless, or whatever it is will take some breeding to figure it out. But it is for sure not a normal Cotton. Wish you had someone who got it.

This appears to me to be a Osage Copperhead,(compare with National Audubon Society Field guide to reptiles. pic 655 and text on page 683). The second I saw it I recognized it. I see lots of cottomouths and copperheads,never enough though.

Only problem with it being an Osage is that this was taken on the East Coast, off the South Carolina Coast. No Osage's out here. FOr sure a Cottonmouth, the head is too thick to be a copper.