What kind of snake is this?

**SuperMn106** · 09-30-2007, 09:56 PM

I seen this snake while driving through a refuge in missouri. Since i just recently moved here and didnt know much about the snakes i decided not to try and catch him. Also he didnt seem too scared of my truck so i thought i would stay inside and take the pic. He was about 3-4 feet long and pretty fat. My first guess was a copperhead but I have never seen one in the wild.

**wtnhunt** · 10-01-2007, 04:26 AM

Close cousin to the copperhead. That is a water moccasin, see a few of them around here, actually had one under a board where I was working on my trailer yesterday afternoon that ended up meeting a shovel. Copperheads are not usually that dark.

**Shaun_300** · 10-01-2007, 07:11 AM

Cool lookin snake, sure looks like a mean bugger.

**bigbuck145** · 10-01-2007, 07:37 AM

Looks like mosican. We have several here copperheads are a little lighter. Seen one here sat when i was looking for a hog i shot with my bow they will surprise you in the woods.

**Buckslayer** · 10-01-2007, 08:28 AM

All of our copperheads are lighter in color too, and we don't have any mocassins up here but that would be my guess.

**toddyboman** · 10-01-2007, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by wtnhunt

Close cousin to the copperhead. That is a water moccasin, Copperheads are not usually that dark.

I agree

**Leo** · 10-01-2007, 09:42 AM

Yep! That's a water moccasin.

**Tominator** · 10-01-2007, 07:15 PM

Don't have those in Ohio, thank God.

Andrea · 10-01-2007, 07:55 PM

Yep, water moccassin aka cottonmouth. Deadly!!!!

**rhine16** · 10-01-2007, 09:51 PM

Yeah that would be the reason i'm on pins and needles everytime i close to water.

**wtnhunt** · 10-02-2007, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by rhine16

Yeah that would be the reason i'm on pins and needles everytime i close to water.

LOL, I often tend to watch the ground instead of looking up while walking. They are not just around water. We get them up in the timber and up in the hills here.

**arrow32** · 10-02-2007, 05:53 AM

Now that is a mean looking snake.

Have heard tell of my grandpa seeing one or two of those up here. But don't know.

Anyway that is a nasty snake.

**buckee** · 10-02-2007, 02:56 PM

It may be The Northern Banded Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)

**MCH** · 10-02-2007, 03:03 PM

Nope. Definite water moccasin(cottonmouth).

The snake in your pic, Steve is non-poisionous, hence the rounded head and eyes. The snake in Sup's pic has a triangle shaped head or what I call a diamond head and his eyes are slanted. I know you can't see them very well, but trust me they are.

Around here, if you know what to look for, you can smell those snakes before you ever see them. They have a musky, pungent odor.

BTW---definitely not a snake to catch unless you really know what you're doing.