what is it?

[joey]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/westerngreenmamba.bmp

[mcfreshdeli]

depending on the size i think it may be a rough green snake (common garden snake) found around appalcian mountain region

[ccarr1]

Is that a green mamba??

[joey]

a western green mamba, yes. :)

[JD@reptiles]

got anymore quizes?

[joey]

howz bout this one....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/scarlet-mid.jpg

[dave68]

Scarlet king snake?

[joey]

GEEESH. ...you guys are too good. !!!!

Cemorpha Coccinea --scarlet snake

[joey]

what about this one.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/yellowbelly-mid.jpg

[Removed_2815]

Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/snake_details.cfm?snake_number=37&option=non-posionous

[joey]

you cheated!

lol

--yellow belly watersnake

[Removed_2815]

Originally posted by joey
you cheated!

How so? Not only did I know the snake, but I also knew where you took the picture from :)
I should get bonus points :thumbsup:
Ryan

[joey]

smarty-pants!! s'pose you're right.... nice job! ;)

here's another:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/assnaks.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/a2snake.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/dawnell/a3.jpg

[ydnic]

egyptian rat snake - Royal Diadem

[joey]

Originally posted by ydnic
egyptian rat snake - Royal Diadem

nope.

[JD@reptiles]

its a Pseudoxenodon species. bamboo snake. hoods up like a cobra. correct?

[joey]

Originally posted by JD@reptiles
its a Pseudoxenodon species. bamboo snake. hoods up like a cobra. correct?

nope.

[JD@reptiles]

keelback family?

[Dozer]

thats a ball python :)

[joey]

Jordan--no, it's not from the keelback family.

Dozer--bah hah hah hah. nope.

[CORN_SNAKE91]

its a snake ;)

[joey]

Originally posted by CORN_SNAKE91
its a snake ;)

VERY good corn_snake91! How did you know? :p

[JD@reptiles]

Man i haven't been stumped for a while. lol. i will have one for you once this puzzle is solved. i could have swarn it was a Pseudoxenodon... http://private.peterlink.ru/ryboltowsk/Pseudoxmacr.JPG

[JD@reptiles]

Heres one for you now. I took this pic this year.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/562quiz-med.jpg

How you like them apples :p

Take it easy,
Jordan

[CamHanna]

You've got me stumped as well... I had the first three though.

[lostwithin]

Pseudoxenodon macrops would have been my guess as well but the head shape looks a bit off not sure though what it would be other then that,

Devon

[joey]

Jordon-- some sort of viper? Looks poisonous.

also, I LOVE the photo of the Pseudoxenodon---beautiful!

[joey]

.....do you guys give up?

[CamHanna]

I think I've got Jordan's genus and an idea of the native range but I don't know Crotalinae very well and can't pin down the species.

[JD@reptiles]

Well i give up. i will probably kick my self. lol.

as for my pic heres a hint: "that is a crotalus. but does not make a sound"

[CamHanna]

Mate, that narrow it down just a bit; I'll say Crotalus catalinensis. Where'd you manage to photograph one of them?

[JD@reptiles]

lol. nice one. i got that photo at the biology of the rattlesnake symposium this year.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/562santacirattle.jpg

[CamHanna]

Here's one that we don't often see photos of, though some related species are quite well known.

http://img195.exs.cx/img195/8762/thamrufi3wq.png
I'll credit the photo once someone gets the species.

[JD@reptiles]

God... lol I suck with nerodia... is it a harteri?

[CamHanna]

Your real close mate, wrong genus but right habitat.

[JD@reptiles]

oh, is it natrix?

[CamHanna]

I looked it up and actually this snake was discribed as a Nerodia in 1994, but that classification was shot down quickly enough. Notice that it is trying very hard to have a lateral stripe.

[JD@reptiles]

I am going to sleep on it. :p

[joey]

my photo:

Plagiopholis nuchalis --Assamese Mountain snake from Thailand

[CamHanna]

Jordan was on the right track with Nerodia harteri.

While Nerodia and this genus are related, this species and harteri aren’t especially close. The similarity is an example of parallel evolution; the species share a stream-type habitat and are even found in the same region (SW USA).

So, it’s a semi-aquatic natricine from the South-West, and most people are familiar with some of it’s genus-mates.

Hopefully that helps a little.:)

[CamHanna]

'Twas a Narrow-headed Gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) from the Tuscan Herp Society (http://www.arts.arizona.edu/herp/THRU.html).

Who's turn is it now?

[joey]

what if we try picking one person to post a photo and whoever guesses it gets to post next and so on and so on... if no one gets it the person posting will reveal the species and post another?

what ya think?

[HumphreyBoagart]

Just a tip to make this game not as easy: don't put what kind of snake it is in the file name of the picture. Hit properties on any of the pics, and it will tell you exactly what it is. Just thought I'd let you know.
Hump.

[HumphreyBoagart]

I wanna play too...if it's okay?
BTW Joey thats sounds like a great idea.
This ones probably really easy for you guys, but oh well it's only a game, fockers!:D
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/5491Namethatsnake.jpg

[CamHanna]

Farancia abacura abacura

[JD@reptiles]

too easy for cam. that was a snake he has/had...

[JD@reptiles]

Alright, heres a new one. this one is TOO easy for Cam. so wait this one out k man!

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/562quiz21-med.jpg

[CamHanna]

Ha ha Jordan, I had abacura reinwardtii :p. "Had" is operative I'm afraid. I lost my mud aswell as a few others in a thermostat mishap. Things weren't going well before that though; I think there's a reason that we don't often see Farancia in captivity

Cam

[CamHanna]

Excellent photo by the way. Will you be looking for Fox's version this May?