Correct to Kill (finally got pic up)

[tigerscowboy]

Wanna know the right the snake to knock-out? It looks just like this. I was weeding some beds in the yard while grilling when my retriever started growling and huffing. This guy was in the tall grass a few feet behind me.

[CoolArrow]

Compared next to that rake that darn thing is huge!

[bone]

Isn't that just a water snake?

[tigerscowboy]

Water snake? I know you're just being funny.

[Wulver]

I let just about every snake walk but that one looks way too much like a cotton mouth. I would think that it would dull more by that age.

[Corn Sack]

That's a huuuuuge ......

[tigerscowboy]

Good point friend. With the naked eye, it had exactly the same look as a dark pine tree branch. The camera flash brought out the underlying skin pattern and colors.

[bone]

Water snake? I know you're just being funny.

No, I am actually being serious. That is a diamondback water snake. The head is a dead give away.

[quackaholic1]

Isn't that just a water snake?

I think I stand corrected. I think Bone is correct, that snake does not have the typical stump tail either of a cottonmouth.

[tigerscowboy]

No, I am actually being serious. That is a diamondback water snake. The head is a dead give away.

And for my defense, the viper fangs viewed afterwards were also a giveaway. Ignore the skin pattern the flash in the camera brought out. I grew up catching water snakes on Lake Houston and keeping most a couple weeks. Had to release everyone because they never ate while in my captivity.

Agree to disagree. Good Luck to you either way. I still think you're trying to pull my leg.

[ChickenWilly]

Yeah I'm with bone on this one looks like a diamond back water snake. They can be mean as heck though just not poisonous. The head and the tail are what jumped out at me

[150class]

Water snake

Always in the tanks on the ranch

[bone]

And for my defense, the viper fangs viewed afterwards were also a giveaway. Ignore the skin pattern the flash in the camera brought out. I grew up catching water snakes on Lake Houston and keeping most a couple weeks. Had to release everyone because they never ate while in my captivity.

Agree to disagree. Good Luck to you either way. I still think you're trying to pull my leg.

Google is your friend! The head is a dead giveaway that it is not a cottonmouth!

[Colton]

Water snake or not, looks close enough to water moccasin for me to kill it!

[bone]

Head of a cottonmouth

Head of a diamondback water snake