Show me your snake photos!

[Shawn]

Let's see snake photos you took on the trail!



Here are some of my latest. Two copperheads in Missouri.

 

[krJoest]

I finally got a rough green!

 

[Shawn]

My favorite snake is the Rough Green!

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) taken 2 Sep 2008 along I&M Canal Trail near Channahon, Illinois.

 

[Shawn]

Love the snake pics folks!

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Red Milkshake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) at campsite N-6, Trail of Tears State Forest, Union County, Illinois at 10:34 PM on 30 June 2019. Sorry for the poor quality, but this was flashlight photography

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

It was a "milksnake," not a "milkshake."

Anybody else hate AI autocorrection that thinks it knows better what you mean more than you do?

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) taken south of Breeden Trestle on Tunnel Hill State Trail near Vienna, Illinois on 13 Sep 2009.

 

[Shawn]

Beautiful copperhead!

Here's one I saw on the same trail

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Beautiful copperhead!

Here's one I saw on the same trail

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Yes, I used to see them from time to time when I rode there. Most of the time I wasn't prepared to take a picture and they had slithered off by the time I got ready.

 

[Shawn]

Yes, I used to see them from time to time when I rode there. Most of the time I wasn't prepared to take a picture and they had slithered off by the time I got ready.

The copperheads usually make me move them off the trail LOL

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

The copperheads usually make me move them off the trail LOL

They can be pretty lazy when they want to

 

[Shawn]

They can be pretty lazy when they want to

Like the cottonmouths

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Young Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) somewhere on Tunnel Hill State Trail, Southern Illinois, taken 5 September 2004.

 

[Shawn]

Timber Rattlesnake near Bald Knob Cross a few years back

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Timber Rattlesnake near Bald Knob Cross a few years back

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I hiked up the Bald Knob Trail about three years ago. It was frosty when I started out. I didn't see any snakes, just an armadillo. When I stopped in at the Cross visitor center, the nice lady there acted like she thought I was crazy for hiking up the trail because of the rattlesnakes.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) along Forest Road 1454 (Crest Trail), Shawnee National Forest, taken 10 September 2021.

 

[Shawn]

Nice! It's almost kinking itself up like a rat snake!

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

This snake was not photographed on the trail or in the wild, but owing to her (or their) unusual nature hopefully an exception will be made to those requirements.

Two-headed Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus) photographed on 13 August 2015 at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conjoined snake is 20 years old as of 2025 and was on regular public display until May 3, when she was given a retirement celebration in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Nature Center. Although the unusual Black Rat snake can no longer be viewed by the public, she continues to reside at the Nature Center. More information at https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-cap...versary-20-year-old-conjoined-black-rat-snake.