The Nature Photography Thread

[RedSidedSPR]

Lol I stood on that pier 4 days ago.

[ProXimuS]

I found a cutsie little bitty snake today! I told the guy that does the lawn maintenance at work, that if he sees any snakes tell me, because I want to see....and also, he said he had been killing them That's why I told him to come get me....Any ways, he said it was little and red, and when we got back out there we almost didn't find it again. The poor little thing though, when I picked him up there was ants crawling on him, and one was biting him! I didn't know they could bite through the scales, but I literally had to pull it off, because it was latched onto him So I brought him home because I want to identify him, and then I'll probably put him back in the woods at work. I think he's an Earthsnake(not sure about rough or smooth, he looks smoth, but I don't have a rough one to compare it to). I've just neveer seen one that small, I guess maybe he's a baby. I've also never seen an Earthsnake that was so red, but I don't see why the color couldn't vary.

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Any thoughts?

[Stefan-A]

It's not a Pine Woods Snake (Rhadinaea flavilata), is it? You should be outside its range.

edit: Nevermind, Virginia sp. does seem to be the most likely alternative.

[ProXimuS]

It looks pretty similar, but I just looked up the range, and from what it looks like, those seem to range from N. Carolina down through Florida, and west towards eastern Louisiana.

[guidofatherof5]

Don't think it's an Earth Snake.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

The head don't look right for a pine woods snake too pointed. It looks like an earth snake but maybe a red color phase. I have never seen any that color though.

(DO YOU HAVE GROUND SNAKES IN YOUR AREA?)
IM THINKING EITHER SOME TYPE OF GROUND SNAKE OR TANTILLA.

[RedSidedSPR]

Looks like a rough (I think those are keeled scales..) earth snake but the colors are off. Could also be a western ground snake. (Sonora semiannulata)

First thought was pine snake too, but the head's too pointed like you said

[ConcinusMan]

Weird. Doesn't quite fit the description or pics of any snake that is supposed to be found near Houston.

[RedSidedSPR]

I know...

[ProXimuS]

The head don't look right for a pine woods snake too pointed. It looks like an earth snake but maybe a red color phase. I have never seen any that color though.

(DO YOU HAVE GROUND SNAKES IN YOUR AREA?)
IM THINKING EITHER SOME TYPE OF GROUND SNAKE OR TANTILLA.

Looks like they both range in my area(well, in Texas at least), but they both seem like they tend to have black heads or a black stripe on the neck. I did notice yesterday that he has a veeery faint light gray dorsal stripe.

Thanks everyone, for your contribution of knowledge