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Snake ID
SteveB wrote in message
... While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? Sixty-four species of reptiles call Utah home. This include 34 kinds of snakes from the cagey rattlesnake to the mild-mannered gopher snake to the very harmless grass snake. Here's a description that fits what you describe... http://books.google.com/books?id=jE3...iL7s#PPA187,M1 The Ranger |
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While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in
diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? |
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SteveB wrote:
While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? Aggressive or not, my googling shows there are a lot of poisonous snakes in Utah. Try googling Utah snakes, photos, etc. and you might find yours. |
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"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message . .. SteveB wrote: While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? Aggressive or not, my googling shows there are a lot of poisonous snakes in Utah. Try googling Utah snakes, photos, etc. and you might find yours. So far, according to my googling, it looks like a glossy snake (actual species name) and brown snake. http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Sea...?FlNm=arizeleg I guess if I had to come up with a color, it would be a Starbucks frozen latte frappucino. Mostly tan, but with a slight tinge of pink, red, and shiny. He wasn't being aggressive, and I didn't have my snake gun handy, so all I wanted to do was move him along. We live at the END of the road, and any extra mousers are welcome here. We don't let the cats out at night because the coyotes like them over tacos. I do have a proclivity for shooting rattlers, as I have had CABGX5 AVR, take coumadin, and don't want to mess with an episode of snakebite. We have also flushed out a California king snake. A beautiful creature (for a snake) with dark and white rings. Heard they go after gophers, but I still have gophers in my yard. If he doesn't start doing his job, I may just fire him. I am presently building an oxygen and propane injection system that will fill gopher burrows with explosive gas, then hit it with a spark. That is, if I EVER get done with honeydews, and now a 1,005 sf Mother In Law quarters, followed by a 1500 sf shop if my money and heart hold out that long. We also have free ranging coyotes, lots of scorpions, huge spiders (no harmless tarantulas seen yet), and various other critters of the night. Rule one is: if you stay outside the yard, you're okay. If you come inside the yard or the house, you may not be okay. Lots of quail, dove, inca dove, hummers, hawks, crows, rabbits, rodents, and various other local desert wildlife visit occasionally. I guess it's the price to be paid when you move to the end of the road next to canyons, sand dunes, starry starry nights, undisturbed landscapes, and you're the odd man out. I can deal with it. Except the spiders. Steve |
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"SteveB" wrote in message ... While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? A 12 gauge would have work GREAT!!!!! :-) |
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"SteveB" wrote in message ... I can deal with it. I could deal with it too... I'm MOVING!!!! :-) |
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On Sep 12, 7:31 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
We have also flushed out a California king snake. A beautiful creature (for a snake) with dark and white rings. Heard they go after gophers, but I still have gophers in my yard. If he doesn't start doing his job, I may just fire him. Many varieties of king snakes will also eat other snakes, including rattlers if they're of the right size. I'd encourage them to stay. KC |
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"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message . .. SteveB wrote: While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? Aggressive or not, my googling shows there are a lot of poisonous snakes in Utah. Try googling Utah snakes, photos, etc. and you might find yours. So far, according to my googling, it looks like a glossy snake (actual species name) and brown snake. http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Sea...?FlNm=arizeleg I guess if I had to come up with a color, it would be a Starbucks frozen latte frappucino. Mostly tan, but with a slight tinge of pink, red, and shiny. He wasn't being aggressive, and I didn't have my snake gun handy, so all I wanted to do was move him along. We live at the END of the road, and any extra mousers are welcome here. We don't let the cats out at night because the coyotes like them over tacos. I do have a proclivity for shooting rattlers, as I have had CABGX5 AVR, take coumadin, and don't want to mess with an episode of snakebite. We have also flushed out a California king snake. A beautiful creature (for a snake) with dark and white rings. Heard they go after gophers, but I still have gophers in my yard. If he doesn't start doing his job, I may just fire him. I am presently building an oxygen and propane injection system that will fill gopher burrows with explosive gas, then hit it with a spark. That is, if I EVER get done with honeydews, and now a 1,005 sf Mother In Law quarters, followed by a 1500 sf shop if my money and heart hold out that long. We also have free ranging coyotes, lots of scorpions, huge spiders (no harmless tarantulas seen yet), and various other critters of the night. Rule one is: if you stay outside the yard, you're okay. If you come inside the yard or the house, you may not be okay. Lots of quail, dove, inca dove, hummers, hawks, crows, rabbits, rodents, and various other local desert wildlife visit occasionally. I guess it's the price to be paid when you move to the end of the road next to canyons, sand dunes, starry starry nights, undisturbed landscapes, and you're the odd man out. I can deal with it. Except the spiders. Steve I was surprised with the colorful variety of snakes I came up with googling the area. We have no poisonous snakes here in DE except for an isolated area with copperheads but I did relocate a garter snake and black snake this year because my wife is deathly afraid of them. I'm on coumadin too and little bites and scrapes can be annoying. Frank |
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kjpro @ usenet.com wrote snipped for sanitary reasons How did you slither out of my killfile? Back in with you. Steve |
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"SteveB" wrote in message ... kjpro @ usenet.com wrote snipped for sanitary reasons How did you slither out of my killfile? Back in with you. Steve Your computer didn't want you missing important information. :-) |
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temp @ usenet.com wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message ... kjpro @ usenet.com wrote snipped for sanitary reasons How did you slither out of my killfile? Back in with you. Steve Your computer didn't want you missing important information. :-) Guess I didn't think taking a 12 ga. to a harmless vermin eating snake was important information. I will just have to plod along aimlessly in the dark without kjpro's input. Woe is me! Steve |
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Disregard this Idiot he can't tell difference between day and night
kjpro @ usenet.com wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message ... While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? A 12 gauge would have work GREAT!!!!! :-) |
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"SteveB" wrote in message news temp @ usenet.com wrote in message ... "SteveB" wrote in message ... kjpro @ usenet.com wrote snipped for sanitary reasons How did you slither out of my killfile? Back in with you. Steve Your computer didn't want you missing important information. :-) Guess I didn't think taking a 12 ga. to a harmless vermin eating snake was important information. Yeah, ok, whatever... you know it's harmless, yet you're here asking a question to identify what type of snake it is... That's just too funny!!! |
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"tony" wrote in message news:7VhGi.16874$d01.13460@trnddc08... Disregard this Idiot he can't tell difference between day and night Hehe... Tony, get a clue... |
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:17:44 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
"tony" wrote in message news:7VhGi.16874$d01.13460@trnddc08... Disregard this Idiot he can't tell difference between day and night Hehe... Tony, get a clue... You need the new and _improved_ Norton ClueFinder software! You are a troll and a NYM shifter - that's your clue! -- Oren "The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!" |
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:15:52 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote: While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About 1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color, but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is? Here is a link to usu.edu. Learn what a viper is and the pupils of the eye. "Utah is home to 31 species of snakes. Of these, seven are venomous." http://extension.usu.edu/files/publi.../NR_WD_008.pdf -- Oren "The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!" |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... You are a troll and a NYM shifter - that's your clue! You can think what you want, I know the truth. |
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:46:30 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
"Oren" wrote in message .. . You are a troll and a NYM shifter - that's your clue! You can think what you want, I know the truth. So?!! No denial? -- Oren "Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly." |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:46:30 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote: "Oren" wrote in message .. . You are a troll and a NYM shifter - that's your clue! You can think what you want, I know the truth. So?!! You're an idiot? No denial? Think what you wish... |
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:24:50 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
Think what you wish... Go away, even if you are ticked off :-))) Just go away! Beam him up HVAC! HVAC too tower?! Tell us your most unique snake episode and how close were you too actually being struck? Even go back a few years. We all want to hear it. Were you face to face this pit viper? 30.06 vs 12 ga. on the snake, mid-strike? I gotta know! GRIN -- Oren "Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly." |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:24:50 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote: Think what you wish... Go away, even if you are ticked off :-))) Looks like you're the one that's ticked off. LOL |
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