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Ms5490renegade · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:20 pm

dont listen to him. i wouldnt have gotten out if i didnt know what kind of snake it was either

jimymc · **Joined:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:51 pm **Posts:** 248

Yup... it's a moccasin alright. You can see the stripe running from nose down the side. Sure sign of a moccasin. Best to leave these guys alone. They have a really nasty disposition and are not afraid = bite and trip to hospital. Take a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus

I was pretty sure it was in Florida, but didn't know where by the vegetation. The Withlacoochee State Forest is near Brooksville, FL. Pretty pictures, pretty place. I'll have to check it out sometime.

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:31 am

if it was here then killing radlesnakes is like a sport we just go out and hunt them for fun

Black_Dog · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:53 am

Methinkns it's a Banded Water Snake (a.k.a. Nerodia fasciata or Southern Water Snake). They are very commonly mistaken for water moccasins. They look about the same but don't have the moccasin's triangular head shape. Can't entirely tell the head shape from your camera angle, but from what I see, I'd guess Banded Water Snake.

Here's a photo of one (Banded Water Snake coloring can range from charcoal gray to brown):

Budke · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:37 pm

I still think its a python of some sort.

jimymc · **Joined:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:51 pm **Posts:** 248

I tried to blow up the picture to get a better look at it's head, but the resolution is not good enough to get a better idea of the head. I still think, based on what appears to be the stripe down the head and the fat, stubby body that it is a moccasin. The banded water snake doesn't have the stipe and is thinner that a moccasin. Banded water snakes also have a nasty disposition. Either way I would not try to catch it bare handed. I have scrape scars on my chest where a banded water snake bit me when I was younger. I was holding him and he was absolutely calm. Then, all of a sudden, he turned and bit me in the chest.

Budke · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:49 pm

You know what, I got a friend that teaches biology at my old high school, I'll ask him if he knows what it is! lol

Albert · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:57 pm

HoosierJeeper wrote:

It ran off... :-)r

Or was that me that ran off...

A snake with legs, eh?

:-)r

Nice pics by the way.

Budke · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:10 am

This is what my biology teacher said,
"Definitely looks like a cottonmouth aka water moccasin. 95% sure from the pic. It has the eye stripe, heavy body, and correct color & pattern. Pythons have elongated heads and shorter, less tapered tails. How big?"

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

About 2ft...

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:37 pm

im goin wit cotton mouth... body markings are identical to the pic

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