I found this guy at a pond I go to. It had a wierd growth or part of an old injury I am not sure but here are a couple of pics. I apologize for the poor angles but the wind was gusting over 40mph. The first shot is a full body shot and the second is the area in question.
What do you think happened?
-Thomas
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Thread: This is new to me, anyone else?
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04-21-2009, 10:34 PM #1"Third shed, A Success"
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This is new to me, anyone else?
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04-21-2009, 10:54 PM #2Mr Thamnophis
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
well.....I wasn't there when it happened.....
looks like a chunk of skin got torn up somehow and healed.....leaving that odd piece there..... nice wandering too!!!! I need to come down there to do some herpin!!!!!
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04-22-2009, 03:34 AM #3Ophiuchus rhea
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
my Sammy has a smaller version of this at one end of her surgery scar - I go with Don's guess
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04-22-2009, 08:09 AM #4"Third shed, A Success"
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It's the start of an opposible thumb!
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04-22-2009, 08:49 AM #5"Third shed, A Success"
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
That is exactly what I was thinking!
Originally Posted by prattypus
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04-22-2009, 10:01 AM #6"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
Do snakes get warts?
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04-22-2009, 11:54 AM #7Moderator
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
I agree with Dons' guess, it's a flap of skin left loose after an old injury.
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04-22-2009, 09:46 PM #8T. radix Ranch
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If I had to give it a name I would call it a snake skin tag(acrochordons). Originally Posted by MasSalvaje
Much like the skin tags people get, only this ones covered in scales.Steve
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04-23-2009, 06:24 AM #9"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Ok, so people think this one is a skin flap/tag. But I was serious - do snakes get warts, or is that strictly a mammalian issue? Does anyone know?
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04-23-2009, 01:22 PM #10Mr Thamnophis
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Re: This is new to me, anyone else?
warts are caused by a virus, as far as I know I have only seen them on humans and dogs. snakes don't get them.
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