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In reply to txags92 • 11:56a, 7/9/25
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txags92 said:
Emotional Support Cobra said:
I think it is a bull snake! I thought it was a gopher snake at first, but looking at Google I think it is a bull. He was very handsome and sunning himself on the road when we came by. He headed for the grass when I took his picture.

He and the horned toad were worth the $2 price of admission!
Aren't the gopher snake and bull snake the same species, just called different things depending on where you are?
Bullsnake is a subspecies of gophersnake. This link explains it and includes a range map that is handy for differentiating them. I don't know how to visually differentiate them, only by location.

http://nmherpsociety.org/reptiles/snakes/pituophiscateniferaffinis/bullorgopher.html
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9:35p, 7/9/25
not a snake but couldn't pass up the opportunity to share what I found today while mowing the grass.

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12:11a, 7/10/25
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Yellow necked caterpillar moth?
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In reply to txags92 • 12:24a, 7/10/25
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Cheap fishing bait.
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In reply to AGpops1923 • 9:11p, 7/10/25
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AGpops1923 said:
Are you the snake whisperer?? How'd you get it to lay still?
it took a couple passes with my tractor
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9:29p, 7/10/25
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This was back in May. I was running through Friedrich Wilderness Area in Northwest San Antonio. I kept telling myself to watch for snakes and I really thought I was keeping a good eye out, but I literally had 2 feet on either side of this one before I realized what it was. Just about to give me a heart attack. I went back and laid the backpack down next to it for a scale, cause I knew it would freak out my wife when I showed her.

I continued my run a little on edge and a little bit slower and freaking out at every twisted stick along the trail.
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In reply to bam02 • 9:38p, 7/10/25
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bam02 said:
I literally had 2 feet on either side of this one
what kind of animal are you?
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In reply to oh no • 10:14p, 7/10/25
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Ha ok I'm a dumbass. One foot on either side!
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10:40p, 7/10/25
So the Hognose is mildly venomous. Only found out last month. Also a large python could do permanent nerve damage or even cause an adult to bleed out with those long sharp fangs & teeth.
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12:09a, 7/11/25
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Found this big little guy in a driveway. Maybe the biggest of this species I've ever seen.

I Let the kiddos see it for a minute then let it go in the flower bed. The hand in the foreground is Hazel's and my youngest is holding it.


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In reply to BartInLA • 2:21a, 7/11/25
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BartInLA said:
So the Hognose is mildly venomous. Only found out last month. Also a large python could do permanent nerve damage or even cause an adult to bleed out with those long sharp fangs & teeth.


Technically, they are "mildly venomous" by anatomy, but not by behavior. The only way a hognose snake would get their saliva into a human would be a feeding response (I.e. if you were feeding the snake) - which has happened to me. Thumb barely swelled up - didn't even approach a wasp sting. The Duvernoy's gland in hognoses produces their saliva. Technically, garter snakes are "mildly venomous" as well - same setup.

If there is no food involved - never happens. They'll huff and puff (spread their necks), but always "strike" with their mouths completely closed.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
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6:17a, 7/11/25
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In reply to Badace52 • 8:22a, 7/11/25
Rough earth snake?
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 8:26a, 7/11/25
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Texas Blind Snake
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In reply to Burdizzo • 9:13a, 7/11/25
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I think the last time I saw a horned toad was in the 80s, and it was also in the panhandle.
I have lived in Central/South Texas my whole life, and I saw my first live one two weeks ago in the Hill Country. I was way more excited than the rest of my friends, but I guess that is why I follow a Snake Thread.
"If you are reading this, I have passed on from this world — not as big a deal for you as it was for me."
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9:35a, 7/11/25
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Got a good one a few weeks ago in west Texas where they are still common in certain spots



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In reply to 12f Mane • 9:46a, 7/11/25
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nice - saw one the size of my palm last weekend in tilden.
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9:52a, 7/11/25
We see them in the panhandle from time to time. Very very cool animals. Also, what kind of snake is this ? Racer


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In reply to nealan • 9:54a, 7/11/25
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nealan said:
We see them in the panhandle from time to time. Very very cool animals. Also, what kind of snake is this ? Racer


Looks like a yellow bellied racer to me.
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11:03a, 7/11/25
Yea, wife and I walked up on a massive garter snake yesterday. Probably close to 30" but it was gone before I could get my phone out.
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9:23p, 7/11/25
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9:24p, 7/11/25
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Water snake ?
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In reply to 83AgCiti • 9:27p, 7/11/25
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Yes, PBWS/YBWS
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9:29p, 7/11/25
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Thanks. Freaked my daughter out
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In reply to 83AgCiti • 9:33p, 7/11/25
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A couple years ago, I would have sworn that snake was a water moccasin. Thanks to this thread, now I can at least say it's a non venomous water snake.
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In reply to bucky91 • 9:44p, 7/11/25
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bucky91 said:


You must be new here...
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In reply to bucky91 • 9:45p, 7/11/25
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Coral
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In reply to 83AgCiti • 11:00p, 7/11/25
83AgCiti said:
Water snake ?

As thick as it is with a blunt tail I thought Moccasin at first but the pupils are round.
What other clues?
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In reply to BartInLA • 11:12p, 7/11/25
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BartInLA said:
83AgCiti said:
Water snake ?

As thick as it is with a blunt tail I thought Moccasin at first but the pupils are round.
What other clues?


No mascara mark, dark vertical lines on jawline, eyes higher up on head, length:girth ratio too large for a large adult snake of that size, and no pattern on belly scales (hard to tell in this pic but somewhat noticeable).
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9:08a, 7/13/25
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Crazy this thread has made me the snake ID guy now amongst family and friends. I didn't know crap about snakes until I bookmarked these threads many years ago. This was an easy one. Friend just sent this from golf course in Tarrant county. Big SOB.
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In reply to agcrock2005 • 9:10a, 7/13/25
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Yeah, you let that guy play through all day long
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In reply to agcrock2005 • 9:37a, 7/13/25
What's your guess on the weight of that bad girl?
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In reply to AGpops1923 • 9:47a, 7/13/25
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AGpops1923 said:
What's your guess on the weight of that bad girl?

I really am not that knowlegeable about snakes. No clue.
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12:22p, 7/13/25
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Water moccasin hit by car. Rockport, TX

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