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

[singingtothewheat]

Well it isn't like I've seen tons of snakes here. I have personally seen
all sizes of Bull, including just downright huge, Gophers, Rattlesnakes. I am fostering to Garters till it warms up a little and I can let them go out at the reservoir and feel secure that they won't freeze to death finding a place.

[DutchHerp]

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.

I am pretty disappointed in a so-called "herper" spitting out all this false and ridiculous information. Cottonmouths chasing you? Really?

And to say copperheads are usually found off the beaten path is also fairly inaccurate.

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

I have only been in their habitat once, and that was on the texas coast. I know a fair amount of people that find them regularly, they're awesome snakes! I can't wait till the day that I find one too.

Later, Matt

[sheffernan13]

I am here in Albuquerque, NM and there are all sorts of crazy reptiles here....

Western DiamondBacks Patchnose
Prarie Rattlers Horned Toads
Massauga Desert Kingsnakes
Banded Rock Rattlers if I go a few hours south I can see coral snakes
Bull Snakes
Coachwhips
Western Hognose
New Mexico Milksnakes
Ring Necks
Chuckwallas
Leopard Lizards

[Jaydizzl05]

Anchorage, Alaska - none!

Except for all the pet snakes =P

[DutchHerp]

It would be interesting if you would find one in the most southern part of the state; Thamnophis have been reported from there!

As for other herps, only one wood frog has been reported put into the NAFHA database.

http://naherp.com/search.php?r_country=1&r_state=1

Later, Matt