what type of snake

[champ38]

Fantastic post LBR...really got me to thinkin.

[TRB]

The hognose also have a fourth act in their display. If you keep on messing with them while they are playing dead,they will poop on you. You will leave them alone after that.

[ishoot4thrills]

LBR was spot on.

My boys and I recently caught one of these most interesting snakes. He really put on a show and did everything except for the playing dead part. But he ended up doing that part later on at home in the living room floor. They're one of the most interesting snakes there are. Only one I've ever heard hiss. We had to let it go because it's very difficult to get them to eat, since they have a very limited diet: toads.

[Liquid Amber]

Hognose snakes are regulars around our place.  I came home the other day and this dude was enjoying my carport.  I made it go through all its tricks before moving it to a safer place.

They will also throw up.

 

[Roadkill]

Dead. Maybe unwarranted?  Why not capture it, look it up on the internet, identify it, then determine its fate?

A lot of harmless beneficial snakes are killed by the slaughter without reason mentality.

I walk around rattlers if they are not in the path.  I move them off the roads.

[Blackhawk]

The only snake we have here in Western Washington is the Garter snake which is harmless and generally left alone.

I agree that most of us should take the time to learn about some of nature's other creatures besides deer.

Great post LBR...and love the pic Cliff.

[tuscarawasbowman]

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/AZReptilesandAmphibians/tabid/17914/Default.aspx

Lists all species of snakes found in Ohio.

[skychief]

Originally posted by Liquid Amber:
Hognose snakes are regulars around our place.  I came home the other day and this dude was enjoying my carport.  I made it go through all its tricks before moving it to a safer place.

They will also throw up.

 

Us Hoosiers  call these "Puffing Adders".

So, is a puffing adder and a hognose the same snake?

Our puffing adders sound like a bad tire losing air quick!   Do hognoses make the same sound when excited?

Best regards, Skychief.

[LBR]

Killy, I'm still at a loss for words...and that ain't often!

Skychief, yes--same snake.  They come in Eastern and Western varieties, but put on the same show.  Sometimes they don't go through the whole routine, some are more prone to hiss, etc.

[Prairie Drifter]

Originally posted by centaur:
Yep, hognose. I always enjoyed watching their antics many years ago when I lived in Texas. Wish we had them in Wyoming. A very cool snake.

We have them in eastern Montana.

[Kingsnake]

without a pic, I'd be heistant to veture a guess, but the round eyes tell you it' non-venomous.  U.S. venomous species have vertical slit pupils.  

I do agree with some of the previous comments.  Young snakes usually have a blotchy pattern, even on snakes that are solid blakc as adults.

(As you might guess from my handle, I'm a bit of a snake guy . . ."

Kingsnake

[Rustic]

Originally posted by Slickhead:
Hey guys Im not an expert on snakes. But Saturday my wife and I were cleaning up the yard of a place we are buying and I looked down on the sidewalk was a (what looked like a baby) snake.
It had the pattern similar to a copperhead but was brown/tan. (I live in south east Ohio)
It was strange, when I was close to it its neck flatten and it rose its head "like a cobra does"
Well I killed it. I examined its eyes and they were round and black.
what kind of snake do you think this is?
sorry no pics

Did it look like this??...I did'nt kill this one but I can tell it was very aggresive.
 

[MCNSC]

I saw a Hog nose a couple of weeks ago while scouting. It was almost black. It went thru all it's tricks except for playing dead. I haven't saw but a few, this one was by far the biggest. They are cool snakes.

[buckeye_hunter]

Originally posted by landman:
So, why did you kill it?

Dude. His wife was there, nuf said....

We had one slither over my wife's foot while cleaning up leaves. She wouldn't go back out in the yard until she saw a dead snake. Hated to do it since I kinda like snakes.

[traditionalman]

Probaby a corn snake

[Killdeer]

Wimminx!
Pretend to be all scaredy helpless, and then demand a death. Most bloodthirsty critters I have ever run across. I have no patience with them.

Killdeer   :rolleyes:

[SELFBOW19953]

Slickhead's snake sounds like a hognose snake.  They do a great imitation of a cobra.  We used to see them all the time in Florida.

Rustic,

That looks like a baby black rat snake.  They mostly eat eggs, even climb trees to get to birds' nests.  I remove the big ones from our property for their safety-they always come back.  The boss lady doesn't stop stabbing/chopping until all movement has ceased.

[JimB]

Rustic's snake is a juvenile black racer.They look similar to rat snakes but not quite.Racers are pretty fiesty,young and old.

[Gila Mike]

Sounds like a small hognose snake to me. I had a couple when I was a kid in Alabama.

Mike

[BOHO]

hognose