Type of snake?

Found this in my back yard yesterday...

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No pic? Can you describe it maybe? Or, if you have a pic, you could upload it to your gallery and put it in a post. Do you think it was venomous?

Erm, you missed the photo link there somehow :P

yeah you forgot to put the website where the image is hosted at inbetween the image code. If you need someone to host them send them to me robert.maze2@verizon.net and i will host them for you on my website.

here are the pics
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20029.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20030.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20031.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20032.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20033.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeehv8a/s...ture%20034.jpg

It looks like a baby southern pacific rattler. I'm not sure though.

Cool pics! Glad everyone got through the little interaction unscathed. :D

Awwwwww! He looks sp cute! But he's venomous, darn! Great pics!

cute! so what did you do with him?

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Originally Posted by Cody

It looks like a baby southern pacific rattler. I'm not sure though.

Cool pics! Glad everyone got through the little interaction unscathed. :D

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I gotta go with Southern Pacific Rattlesnake as well. Please tell me that you arent keeping that little guy/girl. Those are deadly and very unpredictable. IMO, venomous should be handled by those with some training.

Well since msolorz is from San Diego, the odd's are very good that it is a southern pacific. Cute little venomous booger.

Yeah, nice pattern, but I also think it's a rattlesnake.

Time to call animal control? or whoever it is that will take the rattler's out into the desert (or someplace away from humans, since I dunno if the southern pacific even inhabits the desert) and let them go.

Rattler indeed - the nubs on the end of the tail didn't spark anything in your brain? Hope we don't catch you on the next episode of Venom ER or something. In your area I might suggest avoiding snagging snakes you can't identify.

(EDIT - on re-read that might sound harsher than I intended)

Or is it a Western Diamond back? I thought it was a Southern Pacific until I found this pic of a Western Diamond Back.

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...m-Apr97SSN.jpg

My first thought was diamondback rattlesnake. However, that is the only species of rattlesnake (other than pygmy) that I am even vaguely familar with, and I am no expert :P

Edit, according to animal bytes, a southern pacific is "distinguished fron the other 3 species in san diego by their black mask".

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbyt...ke.html#Photos

So I think it's a southern pacific.

its a rattler,but not sure what kind.you can tell by the way the part that is close to the rattle.it is usually black and white

I knew it was a rattler by the nub on the tail but I was unsure of the type. I was thinking it was a diamond back but people tell me it's a southern pacific.

Don't worry I handled it very cautiously. Luckily for me, it has been raining and it has been too cold for it to move quickly. I used the top end of my fishing pole to pick the snake up and place it in the bag. I took it to the nearby mountain and released it. I'm not in to killing snakes; no matter what type of snake it is.

THANKS FOR POSTING THE PICS!!

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I took it to the nearby mountain and released it. I'm not in to killing snakes; no matter what type of snake it is.

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Very nice find, and a big THANK YOU for releasing him / her safely
Rusty

IT IS A SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND HIGHLY TOXIC. I HOPE YOU SPARED IT.