Snake ID

[El General]

This snake is in my backyard and just struck my dog. Venomous? I can’t see the head well enough to tell. Wife sent the pic.




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[SETXHUNT0902]

Absolutely venomous. Thats a rattlesnake

[Burnadell]

Water Moccasin.

[Big Lee]

Make the pic a tad bigger please

[BayouCat]

Yup. Water moccasin.

[Wile E.]

Looks like a hognose snake. Technically, they are what is called rear-fang venomous, but they can't really bite. They have to sort of chew the venom into small prey. I've caught them by hand (never bitten) and I think their venom is about as potent as a bee sting if memory serves. They flatten their heads and curl their tails like that, and it looks like it has the shovelnose. I've found bigger ones to be a little feisty so I'd imagine they might strike a dog. I'd tell your wife to let it be just in case, but Rover should be just fine.

[MadHatter]

Absolutely venomous. Thats a rattlesnake

No doubt

[MadHatter]

Looks like a hognose snake. Technically, they are what is called rear-fang venomous, but they can't really bite. They have to sort of chew the venom into small prey. I've caught them by hand (never bitten) and I think their venom is about as potent as a bee sting if memory serves. They flatten their heads and curl their tails like that, and it looks like it has the shovelnose. I've found bigger ones to be a little feisty so I'd imagine they might strike a dog. I'd tell your wife to let it be just in case, but Rover should be just fine.

No chance, the head of a HN looks nothing like the one in the pic.

[Burnadell]

A rattlesnake would have his tail out rattling...Moccasin.

[Traildust]

Rattler or moc....hard to tell....but it has eyebrows

[aclark0495]

Looks like a timber rattler to me

[oktx]

Timber Rattler.

[MadHatter]

A rattlesnake would have his tail out rattling...Moccasin.

Not always, a lot of times they tuck it, and do nothing, even refusing to strike sometimes.

[DedDuk]

Absolutely venomous. Thats a rattlesnake

My first thought too.

[SETXHUNT0902]

After looking back closer I cant find a rattle anywhere on that snake so I may be wrong. Color variation looks close to a rattler though.