Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 827

1 members and 826 guests
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,107
Posts: 2,572,120
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud

Help IDing wild snake

Printable View

  • 06-05-2011, 08:18 AM
    War
    Help IDing wild snake
    Hello group one of my fellow ACO's picked up this snake last night that might have bitten a citizen. We can't tell if its poisonous, I don't think it is, I think its some type of water snake, I figured I'd get your opinion, so what do ya think?http://tapatalk.com/mu/ad76d3fc-7314-1e31.jpghttp://tapatalk.com/mu/ad76d3fc-737a-2b78.jpg

    Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
  • 06-05-2011, 08:22 AM
    Skittles1101
    Snakes are venomous, not poisonous. Looks possibly like a brown water snake. They are not venomous.
    http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/nertax.htm

    I'm not an expert....it just looks similar if you ask me...better pics would help and the state you are from would be helpful as well.
  • 06-05-2011, 08:26 AM
    Skittles1101
    Hmmm...actually after looking at this photo it could be a northern water snake. Also not venomous.
    http://www.hoganphoto.com/Northern_Water_Snake.jpg
  • 06-05-2011, 08:28 AM
    R&DP
    Looks like it could be a northern water snake.
  • 06-05-2011, 08:57 AM
    War
    Lol mybad LGray "venomous" thanks gang that's what I thought it was, I'm in Maryland

    Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
  • 06-05-2011, 10:08 AM
    Serpent_Nirvana
    Not venomous, but definitely bitey and smelly :D

    Also a little off-topic, but the mnemonic I like is "You eat poison, venom eats you." In other words, a critter that has the toxin in its skin, spines or other external appendages in order to ward off predation is generally referred to as "poisonous." An animal that has its toxin in a biting or stinging apparatus and primarily uses it to subdue prey is referred to as "venomous."

    That said, I'm sure there are some species out there that blur the lines a bit (though at the moment I can't think of any :P )
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1