Snake ID help? Greenwood

[Indy_Guy_77]

Why kill a beneficial snake "just because"?

That mentality hasn't ever really made sense to me.

Let 'em eat the pests & rodents.

 

[KJQ6945]

Why kill a beneficial snake "just because"?

That mentality hasn't ever really made sense to me.

Let 'em eat the pests & rodents.

The disease, death and property damage done by rodents will never compare to the damage done by snakes.

Snakes are a leading cause of soiled panties apparently.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Why kill a beneficial snake "just because"?

That mentality hasn't ever really made sense to me.

Let 'em eat the pests & rodents.

 

[mdmayo]

Yeah, I *ID'd* the Massagua one night when I was caretaker of the BSU Cooper Farm while catching crickets for bait. Stepped on the little SOB barefooted. I have *proved* I can be faster than a striking rattlesnake when scared juiceless... Little guy was just warming himself next to the house foundation.

 

[Bennettjh]

Only good snake is a dead one!

 

[Caleb]

It appears to be a Northern Water Snake, but I'm not the best on my Indiana natives. I do know it's not a Copperhead, and Cottonmouths are pretty rare around here, and those are our only two truly venomous species.

rattlesnake being 3rd fyi

 

[bdybdall]

In order of commonality, we have the copperhead in the lower third of the state, the timber rattler also in the lower third, the Massasauga or pygmy rattler in the northern third of the state, and a remnant population of the cottonmouth water moccasin in only one county in the southwest corner of the state. All but the copperhead are endangered species.

 

[UncleMike]

In order of commonality, we have the copperhead in the lower third of the state, the timber rattler also in the lower third, the Massasauga or pygmy rattler in the northern third of the state, and a remnant population of the cottonmouth water moccasin in only one county in the southwest corner of the state. All but the copperhead are endangered species.

If one bites me or someone I'm with it's not going to be endangered.
It's going to be extinct.