What kind of snake is this?

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Copperhead

 

[C-south]

Common water snake?

No. That’s a copperhead

 

[joevol33]

Common water snake?

Definitely copperhead

 

[Tin Man]

Copperhead Road…

 

[walkenvol]

Definitely copperhead

This guy is darker in color than the other copperheads I’ve run across. Last fall I encountered copperhead and it was the most vibrant color snake I’ve ever seen in East TN. This guy’s head was wide enough to have some poison pouches

 

[davethevol]

This guy is darker in color than the other copperheads I’ve run across. Last fall I encountered copperhead and it was the most vibrant color snake I’ve ever seen in East TN. This guy’s head was wide enough to have some poison pouches

Where in East Tn did you find it?

 

[joevol33]

This guy is darker in color than the other copperheads I’ve run across. Last fall I encountered copperhead and it was the most vibrant color snake I’ve ever seen in East TN. This guy’s head was wide enough to have some poison pouches

This one definitely is darker than most, but it's a copperhead, very dark though.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Hershey Kiss markings = copperhead

Not a copperhead when the markings are reversed and look like a saddle.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Would you rather kiss a hooded cobra on the lips or a bunny rabbit twixed the ears?

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

A dead one.

That's the only good kind

 

[kiddiedoc]

Common water snake?

The broad, copper-colored head suggests otherwise.

 

[walkenvol]

Where in East Tn did you find it?

Townsend area

 

[JCHateSteve]

Common water snake?

Copperhead. They come in dark sometimes.

 

[C-south]

Copperhead. They come in dark sometimes.
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Sometimes dark. Sometimes light. Sometimes with weird or virtually no markings. Snakes can have unique characteristics just like people.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Freak, I don't know, I admit as well that I don't care. To me, a snake is a snake until it is in my yard. At which point, it's dead. I hate the darn things, though I know they help control the rodent population. In my lifetime, I've had both venomous and nonvenomous snake come right up to where I was sitting or standing. To this day, I have no idea why haven't been bitten. But whether with a heavy stick or a gun, I've even run over one with the lawn mower; they are eliminated.

 

[BreatheUT]

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Did you put that on a countertop?

Pass.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

I had someone tell me venomous snakes have a limit of 4000 feet in elevation(too cold). Hope that is true but not sure.

I don't buy that. I was backpacking in the Sierra Nevadas in California back in the mid-1970s. I sat on a rock outcrop to rest. Found my hand too close for comfort with a coral snake. They're not even supposed to live that far west, or so I've been told. It was not only there, just 1/2 mile beyond where I was, there was a mountain pass with a small glacier. So while I can't say how high I was, I can tell you it was a bit chilly at the time. If I recall right, this was along the John Muir Trail. I must be mistaken, right? NOPE!! Red on yellow kills a fellow, red on black, you're OK, Jack. I jerked away, carefully got my backpack by a convenient strap, and high tailed it away. The thing never moved, oddly enough. And backpacking at Hamilton Lake in Yosemite, a rattlesnake crossed the narrow trail right in front of me. It was in a hurry, or so it seemed. Had I completed my step, I'm sure the consequences would have been dire. So I don't buy this thing about snakes not being around at 4K feet.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I don't buy that. I was backpacking in the Sierra Nevadas in California back in the mid-1970s. I sat on a rock outcrop to rest. Found my hand too close for comfort with a coral snake. They're not even supposed to live that far west, or so I've been told. It was not only there, just 1/2 mile beyond where I was, there was a mountain pass with a small glacier. So while I can't say how high I was, I can tell you it was a bit chilly at the time. If I recall right, this was along the John Muir Trail. I must be mistaken, right? NOPE!! Red on yellow kills a fellow, red on black, you're OK, Jack. I jerked away, carefully got my backpack by a convenient strap, and high tailed it away. The thing never moved, oddly enough. And backpacking at Hamilton Lake in Yosemite, a rattlesnake crossed the narrow trail right in front of me. It was in a hurry, or so it seemed. Had I completed my step, I'm sure the consequences would have been dire. So I don't buy this thing about snakes not being around at 4K feet.

IDK- It depends on North/South location. I would have to do some research on it. It’s what someone in my hiking group told me. I’m sure they read or were told by someone in the know about it.

I’m almost certain what you saw was not a Coral Snake even though you know the criteria. Most people make lousy witnesses to an event so you were probably mistaken on the sequence of the color bands.

 

[Tin Man]

I let snakes live.

 

[joevol33]

Copperhead. They come in dark sometimes.
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I stepped across one like that fishing back in Kentucky one day. Luckily, it had gotten cold overnight, and he was barely moving. That said, had a rattlesnake strike at me fishing here in Georgia back in this year. Never gave a warning, struck as soon as I got close. Thankfully, my ninja reflexes kicked in when I noticed something move on the ground, and it barely missed me.

 

[Godfatha]

Wow. Someone posted this one a couple of days ago from near Chattanooga (Snoopers Rock Trail - Prentice Cooper State Forest)

Went hiking the Ocoee years ago and came upon lots of timber rattlers sunning on the rocks by the river. Scaredest I've been my whole life.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I let snakes live.

Me too brother. They are fascinating creatures.

 

[joevol33]

I let snakes live.

Me too brother. They are fascinating creatures.

You two should go on a trip with me to Kentucky. I can take you to a church where they're a big part of the service . In all seriousness, I like snakes, I've rarely killed one, and once was an accident.

 

[JCHateSteve]

I stepped across one like that fishing back in Kentucky one day. Luckily, it had gotten cold overnight, and he was barely moving. That said, had a rattlesnake strike at me fishing here in Georgia back in this year. Never gave a warning, struck as soon as I got close. Thankfully, my ninja reflexes kicked in when I noticed something move on the ground, and it barely missed me.

Never happened on a rattler in the wild thankfully.

 

[joevol33]

Never happened on a rattler in the wild thankfully.

They were very common where I'm from in Kentucky, but I've only seen probably 3 in Georgia. I've seen more rattlesnake vacationing in Florida!