Reptiles and Venomous Creatures: Encounters and Identification

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    My black masked racer Coluber constrictor latrunculus.
     
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    Yep like he didn't even know, I let his amphiuma go too:D


    I'll get a current pic as soon as it keeps still. It's adult colors are becoming more apparent finally.
     
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    Rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus. Caught and released this little guy on the job this summer. One of my favorite species.
     
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    My diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin pileata sitting on his turtle dock basking in my brackish water tank.
     
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    I get bored with the nerodia species we have, but I love the pics of the ones in other regions. I did see some cool looking northerns this summer in Mississippi, almost looked like copperheads in color and pattern.
     
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    Took a few snaps today while cleaning cages.

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    1. False water cobra
    2. Taiwan beauty snake
    3. Bull snake
     
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    This guy was in my front yard the other day. Black Racer? We get a lot of snakes around here.
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    As you can tell I'm crappy with non-natives!
     
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    Glossy crawfish snake
    Regina rigida rigida

    we caught and released on the job today. Fairly rare to see around here. It was hiding in the stump in a flooded swamp we were doing vegetation assessments in.
     
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    LOL yeah it's funny because I know more about exotic species than a lot of natives. Especially nerodia. Most water snakes are tough for me to positively identify.
     
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    And they get really tricky because a lot of them will cross breed in the wild so there's some that share traits of two species, especially broad banded and northerns.
     
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