What Kind of Snake is this?

Hey I was just wondering if anybody knows what kind of snake this is? I was down in Hastings area on the river and ran across this little guy.

I think its a water snake!!

About 12 years ago, I had a sizeable snake collection so I’ve learned a quite a bit about these critters. Although I forget the proper name for this snake, i do know that it certainly is a water snake common to the upper midwest. It’s one of 3 species that dwell mostly in an aquatic environment.

While this snake is harmless, they do not acclimate to human handling very well and their saliva is acidic to our skin. The cuts will take longer to scab over and it can really burn like a bad rash. There is medical treatment available if the reaction is serious enough.

In closing, they’re neat to see but don’t mess with them any more than necessary. If contact is unavoidable, it’s recommended that you only handle them with a snake stick and gloves.

Happy nature viewing!

Yuck! Those things creep me out when they’re trying to get in the boat…

Ish…

” Ran across ” I would have run OVER it NOT and I repeat NOT a snake lover

Hah! That easy!

It’s a Mn Scarethecrapoutofyourwife water snake…Let me know if you need anything else.

All kidding aside…

Northern Water Snake info

They must have been thick this weekend…

>CLick Here for another sighting or two…No Pictures.<

That is a beauty. I love snakes, pretty much for the fact that they eat rodents. God, I hate rats…Snakes are really cool, because they are so warm and dry to the touch. Most of our Minnesota snakes are harmless. There are bunches of rattlers in the southern bluffs areas of the Mississippi Valley region. When you learn more about snakes, it takes the fear and distain away….They really are a magnificent animal. By the way that is a northern water snake.

Yep, that is the dredded watersnake.

It’s a much smaller one that in your avitar though Chris…

I’m going to pay dearly for that…I’m thinking….

we ran into a lot of these over the weekend. like 3-4 at backbone fishing. then yesterday Jonathan and I went to get some crawfish and we seen about 5-6 of them. I HATE SNAKES!!!
-Aaron

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People ask me why I fish.. I tell them “you never know the next cast could be THE ONE.”

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Hope the next “one” isn’t ONE of those!

I would be on the boat seat…next to my wife…squealing like a nancy!

Last years snake pic above…

haha brain thats pretty funny, i forgot about that pic.

Brian I read your post just before I mad my post and got a big kick out of it.
I never knew that we had these snakes before thank you to everyone for the info my mind is now at ease. Two years ago I ran into a rattle snke in wisconson and do not care much for snakes.

I don’t see a life jacket BK…?

I can’t get her to wear a pfd for nothing…I did have one on… as normal.

Can’t hardly tell her I won’t take her out if she doesn’t wear one…’cause she won’t go.

Some people have to learn the hard way.

That looks to me to be just like every other snake….the kind I would drive 20 miles out of my way to run over! People say they eat rats, fine but I don’t live in New York City, nor have I ever seen a rat….atleast not the 4-legged variety.

the coloration and pattern of this snake seems to indicate that it is a common milk snake… also its slender build is another indicator…. Id put my money on Milk Snake…. rather than Water Snake…

I think it’s a baby ANACONDA!

Safe for kids too!

I’d call that a fox snake, but what do I know