Snake ID

[Catdaddy]

[Zephyr]

That IS a coral snake with an aberrant pattern. And very venomous

[Arrowman]

Red Naped snake

[BigBrother]

Red on yella, kill a fella.

Pretty snake.

[Arrowman]

Maybe it's a hybrid

[Gut_Pile]

The kind that will put you in the hospital

[turbo]

The kind that will put you in the hospital

Best case.

[uga_dawg]

Interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.

I've never seen one in the wild. How many people have actually seen a coral snake in the wild?

[BigBrother]

Interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.

I've never seen one in the wild. How many people have actually seen a coral snake in the wild?

I was a kid. Dad was on a backho digging up an old oak stump. He came crawling out of the mess. Dad said it was a coral snake after he pinched it in half with the bucket and then mashed it to muddy mush with the bottom of the bucket.

He coulda been a scarlet king too, because then, to those folks...every snake was a pilot and a puff adder would spit venom in your eye and kill you dead.

[Highstrung]

I've been singing Mrs Robinson in my head since I first saw this pic.

[reeltight]

Cat...did you take that picture? The only one I've ever seen was in TR.

[Cdnredneck]

Cat...did you take that picture? The only one I've ever seen was in TR.

I believe this is the same snake from the Field Herp Forum. This guy has seen some cool stuff and some stuff I'd just kill.

http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/...3350&view=next

[Catdaddy]

Cat...did you take that picture? The only one I've ever seen was in TR.

No....I saw it on another forum. Believe it was found in Ga.

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[reeltight]

If I remember correctly...it was either last year or the year before there were a lot of coral snake sightings throughout the SE. Especially in FL.

[ccleroy]

Interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.



I've never seen one in the wild. How many people have actually seen a coral snake in the wild?

One

[BOGSTER]

Interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.

I've never seen one in the wild. How many people have actually seen a coral snake in the wild?

SC's population is very scattered and pretty well limited to Dorchester County down. By scattered, I mean that there may be a population on one 1500 acre farm and none to be seen on neighboring properties. And there may never be.
Then 20 miles down the road, another population. Pretty weird I know, but that's how the Clamps at Edisto explained it when I was a kid.

They also are nocturnal and very cautious/shy.

A good place to find them is under fallen palm fronds along the wooded edge of marsh that borders spartina. They are definitely around The Neck area at Edisto, and can probably be found on hammocks that litter the area.

[uga_dawg]

Thanks bog. I've heard they are nocturnal and shy. But that's alot of other good info.

[PharmHunter]

Interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.

I've never seen one in the wild. How many people have actually seen a coral snake in the wild?

Saw one when I was a youngster at my grandparents in Florida in the yard.

[BigBrother]

Thanks for that herp link.

Now I wont ever get anything done.

[Downeast]

I had a buddy in college who was doing some research on Coral Snakes in Georgia and Florida. He put out a $5.00 bounty for anyone that could find one. Within days kids were bringing him coral snakes...lots of coral snakes! They were just carrying them around. They are very docile (???) and rarely ever bite. I recall something about them having to chew to get a good bite into you.