Not sure what kind of snake this is. Opened the garage door and there it was.


Compared to an actual copperhead that was in our swimming pool a few years back.

These pictures seem to be before the death blows were struck ?

Im going with Copperhead. One that is really red and black where it should be brown and dark brown.

that doesn't look like a copperhead to me but i can't think of what it might be

The pupils in the eyes are round, so I think this is a water snake.

My first thought is copperhead...it is alittle off color.

no idea, but really cool lookin snake.

The coloration is fascinating...

It's definately a pit viper and one to be avoided, IMHO.

If not a Copperhead, then what?

No rattles so it aint a rattlesnake. Must be a copperhead. Kill it.

Any chance its a hybrid? I have been hunting snakes my whole life
( for profit) and have never seen anuthing like this?

where is the snakemaster when you need him? i grew up dealing with copperheads and i've never come across one with that kind of color.

apparently there are , cottonmouth x copperhead = cottonhead
there are pics here (but none that look like your snake )
http://exoticanimalforums1.freeforums.org/copperhead-x-cottonmouth-hybrids-t1137.html

Unfortunately this snake's head met up with a 2" ball attached to a trailer hitch. Too bad, good looking snake.

The colors are pretty amazing.

The color pattern is unusually bright, but that is a juvenile broad-banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata confluens. Here's a picture with similar coloration (although yours is brighter) - broad-banded watersnake picture

This is definitely NOT a copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)or a water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus). The head scalation is not correct. Head shape is not correct. Pupil of eye is round. Scales are too weakly keeled. A copperhead or water moccasin this size would have a bright yellow or green tail. Tail shape is not a widely useful character for snake identification.

Cheers,
Kelly McCoy
West Texas

you do realize, where there is one...........