No, a dead snake is not the only good snake! Snakes of Beaufort County
• Worm Snake • Eastern Hognose Snake • Ringneck Snake • Scarlet Snake • Rough Earth Snake • Pine Snake • Smooth Earth Snake • Black Racer • Pine Woods Snake • Corn Snake • Southeastern Crowned Snake • Rat Snake • Brown Snake • Black Swamp Snake • Redbelly Snake • Banded Watersnake • Rough Green Snake • Northern Watersnake • Eastern Garter Snake • Redbelly Watersnake • Eastern Ribbon Snake • Brown Watersnake • Mudsnake • Copperhead • Rainbow Snake • Mole Kingsnake • Co onmouth • Scarlet Kingsnake • Timber Ra lesnake • Eastern Kingsnake • Pigmy Ra lesnake Focusing on…
• Eastern Garter Snake • Copperhead • Eastern Kingsnake • Co onmouth • Eastern Hognose Snake • Timber Ra lesnake • Black Racer • Pigmy Ra lesnake • Black Ratsnake • Corn Snake • Brown, Northern, Banded, Redbelly Watersnakes Nonvenomous and Venomous
Nonvenomous Venomous
• Oval shaped head • Diamond shaped head • Oval shaped eyes • Crescent shaped eyes • Slender Bodied • Heavy Bodied Nonvenomous
- Oval shaped head
- Oval shaped eyes
- Slender Bodied
Venomous
- Diamond shaped head
- Crescent shaped eyes
- Heavy Bodied
Keeled v. Smooth The Sense of Smell Just Slithery
• Eastern Garter Snake • Corn Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Elaphe gua ata
• Eastern Kingsnake • Black Racer Coluber constrictor Lampropel s getula
• Black Ratsnake • Eastern Hognose Snake Elaphe Obsoleta Heterodon pla rhinos Just Slithery and Aqua c
• Brown Watersnake • Banded Watersnake Nerodia taxispilota Nerodia fasciata
• Northern Watersnake • Redbelly Watersnake Nerodia sipedon Nerodia erythrogaster Slithery and Poten ally Dangerous
• Timber Ra lesnake • Copperhead Crotalus horridus Agkistrodon contortrix
• Pigmy Ra lesnake • Co onmouth Sistrurus miliarius Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead
• Descrip on: – Coppery Red Head – Reddish to light brown – Dark Chestnut Hourglass Crossbands – Tail fades darker in adults and to bright green in young • Length: 24”-36” Co onmouth
• Descrip on: – Olive, Brown, to Black – Dark Crossbands with lighter centers – Crossbands some mes hourglass shaped – The tail on the young fades to bright green • Length: 30”-48” Timber Ra lesnake
• Descrip on: – Light to Dark Brown. Some As bright as yellow and as dark as Black – Dark Brown to Black Crossbands – Red to Rust Brown Lateral Stripe (on coastal specimens) – Tail fades to black ending in a ra le • Length: 36”-60” Pigmy Ra lesnake
• Descrip on: – Grey to bright reddish pink background – One to two rows of dark lateral spots – Red to brown lateral stripe on lighter specimens – Tail fading to a lighter color , possibly green with a very small ra le • Length: 15”-21” Cottonmouth or Watersnake?
Copperhead or Not?
Moles and Voles Insects Rabbits
Deer Things to Remember
1. Head Shape 2. Eye Shape 3. Body Structure
- Most Importantly…if you don’t know, enjoy from a distance. Thank You! Ranger Kevin Bischof Goose Creek State Park 2270 Camp Leach Rd. Washington, NC 27889 (252) 923-2191 Email: [email protected]