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Old 07-23-2008, 03:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Look at what I got to see at work today while collecting water samples from an overpass over a drain which outlets to a local lake.






This guy was HUUUUGE! Super thick and really long... Definitely different from the usual small/thin water snakes we see in the lake.

Bonus points to whoever can identify it for me (and earn me points at work, LOL)!



Unfortunately, I never got a chance to get a glimpse of it's tail.
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Thats a Nerodiaa Southern Watersnake its a non native water snake native to the south, Like florida that i have never seen in CA, can you please Email me the exact loaclity, time of day, and so on where it was found?
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:30 PM   #4 (permalink)
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This guy was HUUUUGE! Super thick and really long... Definately different from the usual small/thin
thats what she said!



(sorry, had to be the first one to say it)
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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thats what she said!



(sorry, had to be the first one to say it)
I can't wait till I hear that for the first time
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I knew it wasn't a pit viper. Are these recently introduced to this area? I've never seen one, but looks cool.
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
 
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Is Ricky Rockinthecasbah?
What do you do? I remember you were interested in that tortoise that someone found some time ago.
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Thats a Nerodiaa Southern Watersnake its a non native water snake native to the south, Like florida that i have never seen in CA, can you please Email me the exact loaclity, time of day, and so on where it was found?
I've done a lot of jet skiing on many lakes and waterways where that are filled with poisonous watersnakes. I've never swam so fast in my life. The snakes scared the crap out of me far more than the alligators...and I like snakes! (when I'm on land)
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:12 PM   #9 (permalink)
 
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Is Ricky Rockinthecasbah?
What do you do? I remember you were interested in that tortoise that someone found some time ago.
Ricky just does animals.
I mean, works with them, adopts them.
I think he was looking into working at the O.C. Zoo or something?
Anyways, he knows his stuff about animals.
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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ahh yes, the elusive trouser snake
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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ahh yes, the elusive trouser snake
Highly unlikely. Most professionals would spot this simply by the fact that the trouser snake only has one eye. This snake appears to have two.
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Highly unlikely. Most professionals would spot this simply by the fact that the trouser snake only has one eye. This snake appears to have two.
that's just the prince albert
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:00 PM   #13 (permalink)
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that's just the prince albert

Ah, yes. I should have known. It's the Prince Albert subspecies of the trouser snake.
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:43 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:48 PM   #15 (permalink)
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They dont official have any records in that area im really ineterested in the exact locality, they are recorded as invasive up north near San Fran and down near the border I had no clue they were established this close
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:49 PM   #16 (permalink)
 
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They dont official have any records in that area im really ineterested in the exact locality, they are recorded as invasive up north near San Fran and down near the border I had no clue they were established this close

Maybe someone caught it and kept it as a pet then released it, or it got away and found water?
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
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yeah they are a weird and smelly pet, and that one looks big and established really cool to see, really bad for the local Garter snake population
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:57 PM   #18 (permalink)
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yeah they are a weird and smelly pet, and that one looks big and established really cool to see, really bad for the local Garter snake population
Why do they feed on Garters?