Look for Snakes

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Above Broadbanded Copperhead compliments of John White.

This particular snake is the western species of copperheads. Our copperheads have more of an hourglass pattern and are generally paler in color. Snakes are as follows:

Copperhead-I have found more of these in North Georgia than any of the others. Most seem to have a "bad" attitude. They prefer wooded areas, creek bottoms and trash piles.

Timber Rattler-these fellows seem to prefer wooded areas hence "Timber" rattler. Cottonmouth-A watersnake that lives south of the fall line. This is the line from Augusta to Macon to Columbus also known as the "gnat line."

Another snake common to the North Georgia area is named "the Common Water Snake" has been killed and identified as the Cottonmouth. Not true. They look similar and will try to bite you if handled but are not poisonous..

Eastern Diamondback Rattler-Generally in the Coastal Plain. Watch out for these fellows "big time."

Pigmy Rattler-Never found one of these. But they are here.

Coral Snake-Generally in the Costal Plain. They have fixed fangs and small mouths and must chew on you in order to inject their venom. This venom, lilke the cobras, attacks the nervous system of your body.

There is a variety of King Snake named the Scarlet King Snake that lives in our area. The difference, if you can remember the poem. Red and Yellow, kill a fellow but Red and Black, friendly Jack. Maybe you Georgia Bulldogs fans can remember that!

Here a few links that will help you indentify and perhaps make you safer and wiser.

Copperheads www.wf.net/~snake/copperhe.htm

Timber Rattlers smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues97/dec97/viper.html


A General Link to Snakes. Very good if you don't mid scrolling a little. www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/SoNA.html

Even though this is from South Carolina, we have the same snakes. http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/




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