Snake ID

ccherry · Nov 17, 2023

What kind of snake is this?

fishfryer · Nov 17, 2023

ccherry said:
What kind of snake is this? View attachment 1269990

Is that a yellow rat snake from Nicodemus’s home territory ?

ccherry · Nov 17, 2023

fishfryer said:
Is that a yellow rat snake from Nicodemus’s home territory ?

Monroe County

Nicodemus · Nov 17, 2023

Looks like a plain bellied watersnake. With a thin layer of mud on it.

ccherry · Nov 17, 2023

Nicodemus said:
Looks like a plain bellied watersnake. With a thin layer of mud on it.

I suspected some type of water snake since it was near a creek. Thank you

dirtnap · Nov 17, 2023

Nicodemus said:
Looks like a plain bellied watersnake. With a thin layer of mud on it.

Or as my momma would call him, a moccasin

NCHillbilly · Nov 18, 2023

Some sort of water snek for sure.

pjciii · Nov 18, 2023

Looking at a close up of his eyes, it is one that is shedding. Gray and milky.

Nicodemus · Nov 18, 2023

pjciii said:
Looking at a close up of his eyes, it is one that is shedding. Gray and milky.

Looks like it.

Batjack · Nov 18, 2023

pjciii said:
Looking at a close up of his eyes, it is one that is shedding. Gray and milky.

Thought it was just my eyes see'm his / it's eyes a touch milky.