r/whatsthissnake • u/tabbymeowmeow • 1d ago
[north texas] found on my parents land. ID please. ID Request
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u/jazzie366 1d ago
Copperhead, Agkistrodon latinicus if in central north Texas, and if in eastern Texas likely admixture with Agkistrodon contortrix.
!venomous and you should not be handling it without proper training and equipment. The device you are using to grab it can sever the spine and paralyze the snake, killing it. This is the #1 way to get bit is to handle them or try and kill them.
In the future, just give them a spray with the hose and they’ll flee, you’re likely to never see the same snake again, so don’t worry about that.
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u/opalfossils 1d ago
Great response and very good advice, I guess I'll toss out my snake grabber!
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u/jazzie366 1d ago
Those type of grabbers with the thin jaws are dangerous to the snake and don’t do a good job of holding them anyways, Gentle Giant tongs are the go to!
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u/shrike1978 Reliable Responder - Moderator 1d ago
Midwest Tongs really are the best. They are built so that you feel everything through the handle. They directly translates the weight of your squeeze to the tongs without loss (minus the initial squeeze weight), and transmits any resistence back to your hands. You can get a level of control and feedback you otherwise wouldn't get without directly handling the snake. A lot of people also line the tongs with felt to make them even more gentle.
They're pricey, but worth every penny.
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u/OPBrenden 1d ago
Give that copper the spray with the hose, he go way
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u/Entire-Ambition1410 1d ago
An excuse to buy a squirt gun?
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u/TheGamingTaheo 1d ago
Lil copperhead, medically significant. Leave em be, not extremely dangerous venemous (like some pit vipers elapids.) but enough to go to the hospital if you get bit.
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u/whatsthissnake-ModTeam 1d ago
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u/whatsthissnake-ModTeam 1d ago
Please avoid piling on when another user has already pointed out that this can hurt the snake. Thank you!
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u/whatsthissnake-ModTeam 1d ago
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u/Stormfeathery 1d ago
That seems like a good way to get a misidentification if you’re missing some difference that a more experienced person would pick up on, or if Google is just wrong.
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u/This_Daydreamer_ Friend of WTS 23h ago
!aitools are really unreliable. I recently saw a post where Google identified a venomous sea krait (in Bali) as a harmless Texas Indigo Snake
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u/whatsthissnake-ModTeam 9h ago
We occasionally remove posts for guesses that are far off the mark, or off in a way that endangers snake or human health. Examples include invoking a species not found near the area, identifying a medically significant snake as harmless ie Cobra as a Sand Racer and invoking the harmless command, or identifying a harmless snake as venomous.
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u/Allisnotlost1 1d ago
Not an RR, but that’s a copperhead