Type of snakes you have seen in your area???

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Originally Posted by redpython

where are you seeing cottonmouth / water moccasins in kansas?

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Wikipedia shows that their range includes South-Eastern Kansas....

I saw one at a State Park in South-West Indiana a few years back.

I live in Western Colorado and i see many snake hunting with my friend Harlin. We've see the following: Great Basin Gopher snakes, Rough Green snakes, Terestrial Garter snakes, and emoyri ratsnkes. Although, I know their are Midget-faded rattlesnakes, southwestern black-headed snakes, yellow-bellied racers, Night snakes, and Utah Milk snakes.

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Originally Posted by Southernshooter

Way down here in Ms
Pygmy Rattler
E. Diamondback
Water moccasin actually been hit by one of these guys.
Copperhead/Cottonmouth
Timber rattler on occasions
Garter
Black snakes
Several different species of
Kings
Corns
I have seen a few snakes out in the ocean which I am not sure of the species
Green snakes severl species

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Originally Posted by Southernshooter

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You don't see the humor in this?

Later, Matt

what state park in indiana?

they haven't been seen in indiana since the early 80s. i have a paper from sherman minton on the hoosier population, and my uncle who is a conservation officer was with sherman minton when they authenticated the finds (not too far from jasper, in). but it was a small population and hasn't been seen in a long long time.

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Originally Posted by SpiderBP

Wikipedia shows that their range includes South-Eastern Kansas....

I saw one at a State Park in South-West Indiana a few years back.

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I grew up in (and still live in) Alabama, and as a kid I used to go play in the creeks and streams in the woods near our house. I've been chased by cottonmouths plenty of times! Have also encountered:

Cottonmouths/water mocs are by far the most common, and they are mean as hell and will charge you and chase you down if you come too near them. These were by far the most common venomous snake we encountered. They hide near the edges of creeks and streams, and will even chase you up stream. As a kid it seemed like a game. Looking back, the way we messed with them was just stupid :).

Timber/canebreak rattlers quite often and they are pretty mellow.

Eastern Diamondbacks were found laying across trails while hiking regularly, and they are pretty easily hooked with a stick and removed from the trail.

A million ribbon and garter snakes of any number of sizes, shapes, and colors :). These snakes are fun, and generally didn't ever have a problem being picked up and carried around by us snot-nosed kids.

Water snakes are always present in rivers and lakes, usually hiding in or around piers and docks. I always avoided these snakes, so I don't know much about them. I do know that they were never aggressive, and always hid just out of sight while humans were around.

There are also ridiculous amounts of corn and king snakes, which are pretty grouchy but harmless in the wild.

I've seen copperheads in the wild as well but I have never seen enough or approached enough to know how their temperament is. They tend to hide pretty well, and off the beaten path.

As an aside, has anyone seen a "Scarlet Snake" in person? I saw the name on Wikipedia, and apparently they are native to the Southeastern US. What a beautiful snake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_snake

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

You don't see the humor in this?

Later, Matt

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The copperhead/cottonmouth thing? Unless you're seeing something else

north AL here

copperheads
cotton mouths ( two of which atacked me)
green snake
garter snake
rat snake
corn snake
numorus black racers
rattle snake (trip to AZ)

and finally what I bellived to be a baby python/boa.

oh, and alot of water snakes.

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Originally Posted by MattU

The copperhead/cottonmouth thing? Unless you're seeing something else

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It went over my head too