Water Snake or Cottonmouth?

[Silver14SS]

 

[Virgil Mchaffie]

In the pics you can clearly see there is no pit between the nostril and the eye. This is not I put viper. It's not in the same family as a cotton mouth. Most people claim all snakes are coperheads how ever they to are pit vipers this is a common watersnake.

 

[Virgil Mchaffie]

The three most common venomous snakes in America are coperheads, rattle snakes and cotton mouths. They are all out vipers. This snake has no pit between the eye and the nostril therefore it is none of the above.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

The three most common venomous snakes in America are coperheads, rattle snakes and cotton mouths. They are all out vipers. This snake has no pit between the eye and the nostril therefore it is none of the above.

Man, I hate snakes and it doesn't look harmless to me.

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

Water snake. Without a doubt.

Plus 1, Awesome little snake and completely harmless!

 

[justin thornell]

Are the eye pupils round or slanted..if round it is a water snake.

 

[ericguy1]

Open his mouth and look.

 

[Roc83]

I'm a herpetologist by trade. That is 100% without a doubt an eastern water snake. Completely harmless

Also a Herpetologist, definitely a Eastern water snake.

 

[saltyhog]

The snake on the left is the Florida cottonmouth



I may be completely mistaken, but the pattern looks just like a cottonmouth. It is a random pattern, with some Y shape stripes.

Cotton mouths have widely variable markings. Most of the mature ones in our area are almost solid colored without any discernible stripes unless you are very close and in bright light.

I feel as an Australian that I must say stop worrying. If any of us is to be killed by something poisonous it shall probably be me

We should all agree with that! How many of the worlds most venomous animals live in Australia? I know it's a pretty big number! :D

 

[xjiang7]

Not sure about that, this is an iguana

 

[dennism]

What I was thinking, but never seen a baby cotton mouth, always been adults so it was more obvious.

I’m in Baton Rouge, LA. What’s a water snake doing this far up from the creek? Don’t guess he’s coming to borrow sugar?

I'm In lake Charles and i get water snakes and texas rat snakes in the back yard. There's a small canal and woods behind them. My back yard is about 250 feet long. I was surprised that they come up to the house

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

lol all I get are bull snakes here I let them be they keep the others away that plus the hawks that nest in one of my trees.

 

[RouJr]

9 of the 10 deadliest are found within 100km of where i live

 

[alton]

To me any snake that crawls away, lives to see another day. I have a coral, and several garter snakes that live together in my back yard. The only cotton mouth I came in contact with did not run but made the mistake of coming at me, not very smart on his part. Thank God Rattle snakes are docile, other wise I probably would not be here today since I have been around so many.

 

[Katrina71]

To me any snake that crawls away, lives to see another day. I have a coral, and several garter snakes that live together in my back yard. The only cotton mouth I came in contact with did not run but made the mistake of coming at me, not very smart on his part. Thank God Rattle snakes are docile, other wise I probably would not be here today since I have been around so many.

Me too! Had a barefoot encounter when I was 5.

 

[DraggingTail]

Looks like a cottonmouth from the pics. It's all about the shape of the head.

Watersnake

 

[jschultzbass]

As a native minnesotan I can tell you it's not a garter snake, hahahahahaha

 

[RouJr]

this has the potential for wild guesses as to what it could be.


is it a gecko?

 

[russell13]

Lucky for me on the west coast the venomous snakes here have rattles. But some of them work in politics

 

[Waters]

As everyone else stated......eastern water snake. Have caught (and been bitten by lol) many. As far as non venomous snakes go....I think they have the worst bite....and I have been bitten by a lot of snakes.