r/whatsthissnake

A large Veracruz Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus mictlantecuhtli) from a trip to Mexico a few years ago. This species was recently recognized as a separate lineage of the Neotropical Rattlesnakes, described in 2020, about a year before this photograph was taken.

Carbajal Márquez, Rubén & Cedeño-Vázquez, José & Martinez, Arely & Neri, Edgar & Machkour-M’Rabet, Salima. (2020). Accessing cryptic diversity in Neotropical rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4729. 451-481. 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.1.

Little guy was putting on a show shaking his tail!
What is this guy?

Is this a water snake or cottonmouth? Full story: This snake wandered into our garage a few weeks ago and due to the vertical lines on the mouth, I believed it was a water snake. Others have told me it was a cottonmouth. It was not aggressive and seemed as interested in us as we were in him. I believe he's been eating frogs out of the pool, but he was coming from the direction of the pond and headed to our back creek. We have a lot of water and a lot of snakes. I'd like to know if I got the ID right. Thanks!

EDIT to add that we ushered it out of the garage and wished it safe travels to the creek.

I saw this at my first visit to Lake crab tree in Raleigh North Carolina.

It was 7:30 pm, and this was right at the shore, of the lake beach side.

Luckily we saw it at distance and called our kids out.

Both my kids were playing right there.

Was it the copperhead and is it a rare sighting or expected?

How dangerous could it have been had the kids were still there?

Second snake I saw in the same place, maybe a mile or less from the first. I was more sure for this one.

This is the first one I saw. I saw a second snake close by that I know without a doubt is a cottonmouth, but I’ll make separate posts just in case if this one is a water snake.

I see a lot of these posted here, but this one makes me second guess since it was found about a 1/4 mile from the nearest water source. About 9 inches long.

Found as I was trying to take the trash out after a very rainy afternoon. Guess I’m never leaving the house again.

Saw this near the door by my apartment and almost picked it up thinking it was a piece of trash. It was very small.

Found this guy peeking his head out of a composting gourd next to the garden. Head probably isn’t even an inch long. What is he? thanks!

He disappeared while taking the photo

Is this checkered keelback? Found in north India.

Just wanted to share! Saw this lovely bullsnake (or great basin gopher snake?) during a walk on Cherry Creek Trail in Denver, CO. I was about 12-15 ft away and I believe I caught it slithering across the path from the creek (not picture to the right) back into the shaded grassy area. It looked to be at least 4ft and well fed! :)

Seen in a mountainous region. Kinda looked too thick to be a grass snake that are common here. About 90cm.

Want to know which snake is this, picture from Facebook.

We have this snake in our pond, she has been living here for a while now. What type of snake is it?

Excellent pattern on this one!

Moved off of road. 👍