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Re: Snake

Posted by Alex on June 12, 2010, 7:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Snake"

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: --Previous Message--
: I found a small snake in my garden
: yesterday curled up underneath a A
: next to my little A. The snake was
: brown with thin dark markings making
: the brown parts look like irregular
: circles. It was about 1 foot long, and
: looked 1-2cm in diameter. It stayed
: still for a moment after I lifted the
: rock up, then scurried off quickly. I
: live in a beachy area in eastern
: Virginia, can you tell me what type of
: snake it is?
:
: You might want to check out photos of a
: copperhead to see if that matches waht
: you saw...Good Luck
: D
:
Denise, Copperheads don't usually scurry, being rather heavy bodied and slow moving, and their double headed hatchet or hourgless markings are quite distinctive. It may have been, but the Corn Snake, the Northern Milk Snake, baby Black Rat Snakes and Racers, and even Northern Water Snakes can look at first glance like a Copperhead. From behavior and description, I suggest it was unlikely to be a Copperhead.

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[quote] --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : I found a small snake in my garden : yesterday curled up underneath a A : next to my little A. The snake was : brown with thin dark markings making : the brown parts look like irregular : circles. It was about 1 foot long, and : looked 1-2cm in diameter. It stayed : still for a moment after I lifted the : rock up, then scurried off quickly. I : live in a beachy area in eastern : Virginia, can you tell me what type of : snake it is? : : You might want to check out photos of a : copperhead to see if that matches waht : you saw...Good Luck : D : Denise, Copperheads don't usually scurry, being rather heavy bodied and slow moving, and their double headed hatchet or hourgless markings are quite distinctive. It may have been, but the Corn Snake, the Northern Milk Snake, baby Black Rat Snakes and Racers, and even Northern Water Snakes can look at first glance like a Copperhead. From behavior and description, I suggest it was unlikely to be a Copperhead. [/quote]

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