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Snake! Need ID
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:17 pm
by GN YAKN
This snake was seen on a recent mountain bike ride by a buddy. Is it a rattler? I'm going with Timber Rattler
Dave
Here's a link where you can zoom in...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnyakn/749 ... hotostream
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:08 pm
by BHK Okie
Definatly a rattler . I've heard 'em calleda "velvet tail" but I believe timber rattler and velvet tail are the same thing - not positive on that . Pretty common around the San Bois Mts. around McCurtain
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:27 pm
by sugar loaf
Timber rattler in the mountains, Canebrake rattler in the lowlands. Same snake, depends on locale. And the one in the pic is big enough to make a sore place on your leg.
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:42 pm
by c8mb
I always associate the cinnamon stripe with a canebrake
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:11 pm
by Chester
Dat be it, medical cost about $20K per bite.
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:49 am
by panicman
Pretty rare find there Dave if its a timber rattler.
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:09 pm
by DeBo
Very nice! Timber Rattler aka Canebreak aka Velvet Tail is a beautiful snake. Although venemous they are very mild mannered and reluctant to bite.
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:48 pm
by cpresoz
Here's a beauty from Devil's Den near Junction Camp down by Lee Creek from back in 2010. Very calm and, though I kept my distance, wasn't threatening at all.
Re: Snake! Need ID
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:53 am
by DMG
I saw this little guy hanging out in the campground area at Hare Mountain during my canoe school OHT death march. She rattled one time but otherwise barely moved. It's the first one I've seen since I moved here from South Dakota. We had a bunch of them up there. Beautiful!
~Dave