What kind of snake is this?

[SouthCentralUS]

Just found this in my garden a few minutes ago

 

[Caribou]

That is a Killit.

 

[Bacpacker]

We need a closer pic

 

[Haertig]

That type of snake is called a "deceased" snake I believe. If I am identifying it correctly, I think it's in the same family/genus/species as a "non-deceased rattlesnake".

 

[Supervisor42]

We need a closer pic

Nope.
Short and fat = venomous!
Killit! (which he obviously did)

 

[Supervisor42]

We need a closer pic

This good 'nuff forya'?
The arrow points to a clue to it's ID :

Young, but still deadly.

 

[Weedygarden]

Was it rattling?

Any time a snake has a larger head it is because it has poison glands. That one definitely has rattles, so a rattlesnake.

A man was running in the Foothills of Colorado a few years ago and was bitten by a rattler. He started running back down, and died. Some people survive a rattle snake bite, but others do not.

 

[Supervisor42]

Was it rattling?

Any time a snake has a larger head it is because it has poison glands. That one definitely has rattles, so a rattlesnake.

A man was running in the Foothills of Colorado a few years ago and was bitten by a rattler. He started running back down, and died. Some people survive a rattle snake bite, but others do not.

If one rattles, and you hear it, it is within a second or two of striking you.
Too late!
I'll repeat my mantra: "Kill them! Kill them all!!!"

 

[Peanut]

Subspecies of eastern diamond back... locally known as a 'Velvet Tail' rattler. It the kind I see most often.

 

[12icemaker]

looks like velvet tail rattler

 

[12icemaker]

Beat me to it Peanut!!!!

 

[Patchouli]

Just found this in my garden a few minutes ago

Sorry, but kinda looks well fed. Be on the look out for more.
and get a King Snake.
And here's a few others:
However, some of the most dangerous predators of rattlesnakes are other snakes. Called ophiophages ("snake-eaters"), black racers, coachwhips, kingsnakes, milk snakes, indigo snakes and mussuranas are all capable of turning a deadly rattlesnake into a tasty meal.

 

[joel]

I want them in the woods, they eat tons of rats & mice.
But in the yard or garden is a different matter.

 

[Haertig]

I might have guessed a Timber or a Prairie Rattler, but I'm not very good at identifying all the different kinds. When I was growing up, I seem to remember only hearing of a few: Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback, Sidewinder, Prairie, Timber, Mojave, Pygmy ... I'm starting to run out of memory now. There are a lot more, many of them I've never heard of. Like the Velvet Tail that @Peanut ID'ed the deceased one above as. I've never heard of that variety. I seem to remember that either the Timber or the Prairie version had a black-tipped tail (I think i was one of those two that had that).

 

[Supervisor42]

I might have guessed a Timber or a Prairie Rattler, but I'm not very good at identifying all the different kinds. When I was growing up, I seem to remember only hearing of a few: Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback, Sidewinder, Prairie, Timber, Mojave, Pygmy ... I'm starting to run out of memory now. There are a lot more, many of them I've never heard of. Like the Velvet Tail that @Peanut ID'ed the deceased one above as. I've never heard of that variety. I seem to remember that either the Timber or the Prairie version had a black-tipped tail (I think i was one of those two that had that).

For me, things are very simple... there are only 2 kinds:
1. Venomous = Killit NOW!
2. Non-venomous = let it live and kill mice.
Simple.

 

[Tommyice]

See you all see a deadly snake, but being in an area with very limited poisonous creatures (not counting the humans), I see a new wallet.

 

[DrHenley]

Timber rattler, AKA Canebrake rattler, AKA Crotalus horridus
The eastern cousin of the Prairie rattler.

Large snake, long fangs, and high venom yield. More likely fatal than a cottonmouth bite. It will usually give you ample warning however.
Toxin varies,
Type A: neurotoxic
Type B: hemorrhagic and proteolytic (breaks down proteins)
Type A+B: all of the above

 

[shanrose]

You need a mongoose. I would like to get a few to let loose in our yard.

I don't know why but they're illegal to own in some states. I read that a woman was eating in a restaurant and was bitten by a copperhead. It had slithered into the restaurant.

 

[TexasCharm]

Late to the party, but that is a Timber Rattler. Beautiful, lazy, but friggy diggy venomous.

 

[UserNameTaken]

That there is called a "nope rope."

Just be glad you aren't in Arizona, the Mohave Green and Sidewinders will chase you. And they can climb trees and walls. I've heard they eat children. (I might be confusing that with Alaskan misquitoes...)

 

[UserNameTaken]

How we eat rattlesnake here in the wild west.

 

[SouthCentralUS]

I thought it was a timber rattler but I never saw rattles that small.

 

[Neb]

I thought it was a timber rattler but I never saw rattles that small.

Google Lens says it is a timber ratler.

Ben

 

[DrHenley]

I thought it was a timber rattler but I never saw rattles that small.

Looks like a pretty young timber rattler to me. They get much bigger.
My uncle killed one that was crossing a field road between cotton fields. A guy that was with him described the incident to me and he said "That snake was so big, his head was in one cotton field and his tail was in the other."

 

[Dave2001]

You need a mongoose. I would like to get a few to let loose in our yard.

I don't know why but they're illegal to own in some states. I read that a woman was eating in a restaurant and was bitten by a copperhead. It had slithered into the restaurant.

Do they make a mongoose for DEMOCRATS?????

 

[SoulSeeker]

Young rattlers are more dangerous because they can't control how much venom they let go per bite like a grown one can. As DrHenley said, my dad told me about a rattler in Arkansas. Regular country dirt road, big as your arm with the head going off the road and it's tail coming on. More your suitcase variety.

I wish I had a pic of a snake I saw while in Arkansas. Black as black can be with uniform green spots on it about 2 1/2 feet long. Never seen one before or since. Anyone with an idea what it could be?

 

[DrHenley]

I wish I had a pic of a snake I saw while in Arkansas. Black as black can be with uniform green spots on it about 2 1/2 feet long. Never seen one before or since. Anyone with an idea what it could be?

Possibly a speckled kingsnake. Black with yellow spots that sometimes appear greenish.
GOOD snake! About as good as they come. They will eat rats and cottonmouths among other things.
I watched a battle one time between a kingsnake and a cottonmouth.
They have a reputation as being quite docile if you are gentle with them.
I captured a few and they never showed any aggression and were docile, even immediately after capture. They aren't afraid of anything - they are the King of Snakes!

 

[Supervisor42]

Possibly a speckled kingsnake. Black with yellow spots that sometimes appear greenish.
GOOD snake! About as good as they come. They will eat rats and cottonmouths among other things.
I watched a battle one time between a kingsnake and a cottonmouth.
They have a reputation as being quite docile if you are gentle with them.
I captured a few and they never showed any aggression and were docile, even immediately after capture. They aren't afraid of anything - they are the King of Snakes!

We had those as pets when we were kids!
Unmistakable, no 'bad' snake was even similar to them.

 

[Quark]

Just found this in my garden a few minutes ago

Food. It's a rattlesnake of some type. It's poisonous.

 

[Peanut]

For clarification... It's the same species, Crotalus horridus, with several common names, depending on where you live. It has 3 names just in my state. I've heard it referred to as a timber rattler but in north alabama that name is rarer than the snake. Which, by the way, is becoming rare. I'm in the woods every week and I've only seen 3 in the last 10 years. I see 40 or 50 copperheads for every rattler I see.

From the outdoor alabama website...

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Crotalus horridus

OTHER NAMES:
Banded rattlesnake, velvet-tailed rattler, canebrake

https://www.outdooralabama.com/venomous-snakes/timber-rattlesnake