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Agkistrodon piscivorus from recent herp trip.

sfaoldguy

sfaoldguy

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Took the family herping a couple weeks ago and found these two guys. The last three pictures are of a little guy about 10 inches long. Saw a piece of cable and thought it was a snake so checked it out. When I turned, I saw him over to the side and almost stepped on him!
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I don't have a preference. Around here some people call them stump-tails. There is a huge list of common names so I stick with the current binomial name.
 
Nice find! Those are pretty common around here. I think I call them both, interchangeably.
 
Neat, nice snake. I've never heard "stump-tail", we called them cottonmouths where I grew up.
Seems like they're always way defensive, some to the point of being aggressive.
 
I agree with you, I like using the taxonomic name as well.. Mainly because there are so many common names for each thing out there. That and most of the people I know don't know what the heck I am talking about and I love getting the WTH looks.. At least by using the genus and species name, that is continuous all over the world. The only time you run into problems is when things have been moved into a different genus and etc..
Very cool snakes :) I have never seen one of those in person.. I love the young guys little red head.. Glad you didnt step on him though.. :)
 
I have a soft spot in my heart for the piscivorus. I think they are an underrated snake. The hypo versions are absolutely beautiful and it's too bad that the adults for the most part don't keep the beautiful juvenile markings. Contortrix is of course my all time fav though.
 
Thanks everyone for looking. I have used cottonmouth and water moccasin depending on whichever came to mind first. Just trying to make the binomial names a part of my every day vocabulary so I use them as much as possible.

RavenSpirit360 said:
I agree with you, I like using the taxonomic name as well.. Mainly because there are so many common names for each thing out there. That and most of the people I know don't know what the heck I am talking about and I love getting the WTH looks.. At least by using the genus and species name, that is continuous all over the world. The only time you run into problems is when things have been moved into a different genus and etc..
Very cool snakes :) I have never seen one of those in person.. I love the young guys little red head.. Glad you didnt step on him though.. :)
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Yea, like Elaphe guttata and Pantherophis guttatus LOL. I sure am glad I didn't step on him too. Woulda hated to hurt the little guy but woulda really hated for him to hurt me.

MegF. said:
I have a soft spot in my heart for the piscivorus. I think they are an underrated snake. The hypo versions are absolutely beautiful and it's too bad that the adults for the most part don't keep the beautiful juvenile markings. Contortrix is of course my all time fav though.
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Did you say A. contortrix?
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Don't worry, these were released without harm. Just had to take some measurements.
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Gorgeous!! I have some pictures of both Agkistrodon species when I was out at the SREL taking a tour. I almost brought back a pair of contortrix but managed to hold myself back. Here are the two little tykes
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and their hypo melanistic piscivorus
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MegF. said:
Gorgeous!! I have some pictures of both Agkistrodon species when I was out at the SREL taking a tour. I almost brought back a pair of contortrix but managed to hold myself back. Here are the two little tykes
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Thanks for sharing those. I love the heads peeking. When I see P. guttatus peeking like that, I think of them as being cautious. When I see the A. contortrix, I think of them as being conniving.
 
They do seem to look more er....menacing than a cornsnake peeking out. The same thing with the crotalus species. I was watching my friend's Majave Greens and they both seemed to be trying to figure out a way to juuuuust open that lid juuuust a little. They look intelligent I guess. More so than other species and I don't know why that would be. Perhaps it's the eyes...
 
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