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Lauradhy
08-10-13, 06:23 PM
Found this in my lake in Orlando. Anyone know what type of snake it is?
StudentoReptile
08-11-13, 06:29 AM
Not a good shot of the head, but it looks like it could be a brown wwater snake.
smy_749
08-11-13, 06:35 AM
The head reminds me of an indo tree boa but I doubt its that hahahaa
StudentoReptile
08-11-13, 06:51 AM
Yeah, I will admit the head looks very python or boa-like. But granted it is not a great photo, and the angle where the head is at the surface of the water could be playing tricks. I know this Florida, but chances are, it is a water snake of some kind.
Reddog
08-11-13, 06:59 AM
I grew up in south Florida,not orlando but ive never seen that type of snake i dont think its native. It definitely looks like a boa or python.
Starbuck
08-11-13, 08:46 AM
OP; can you tell us about how big it was, both length and circumference (compare to an object, not numbers)? also, if you got any closer, and more details about the head would be helpful (pupils vertical slits, or round?), triangular, muscled head or smoother and bullet shaped?
Derek Roddy
08-11-13, 09:11 AM
It's a water snake.

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sharthun
08-11-13, 09:56 AM
It's a water snake.

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+1 looks like a brown water snake.
Reddog
08-11-13, 04:05 PM
Sure its not a viper?
Doug 351
08-12-13, 08:32 AM
I only really know Texas snakes, but besides the head, the body screams constrictor to me. Looks like a small python to me. Being Florida it could be from anywhere, but you really can't discount any species by geological location because there is always some idiot loosing some exotic specimen.
The wild python problems in Florida are a good example of that.
StudentoReptile
08-12-13, 11:12 AM
It is florida, anything is possible after all. However, this is Orlando, in central FL...nowhere near in the state's tip where Burms are documented. Only a better pic would tell us for sure, but my gut says brown water snake.

Browns can have a pretty thick body that looks constrictor-esque, but I admit the head looks peculiar for Nerodia.
sharthun
08-12-13, 11:19 AM
It is florida, anything is possible after all. However, this is Orlando, in central FL...nowhere near in the state's tip where Burms are documented. Only a better pic would tell us for sure, but my gut says brown water snake.

Browns can have a pretty thick body that looks constrictor-esque, but I admit the head looks peculiar for Nerodia.


Yeah the refraction of the water around the head isn't helping much.
Mikoh4792
08-12-13, 11:37 AM
Found this in my lake in Orlando. Anyone know what type of snake it is?

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/attachments/general-discussion/25103d1376180486-what-type-snake-image.jpg

Brown water snake

http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/snakes/brown-watersnake/Brown%20Water%20Snake%20%20(Nerodia%20taxispilota) %20201.jpg


Here you can see how it's head might look python or boa like.

http://www.jamesriverassociation.org/img/brown-water-snake.jpg