?!?!?!?!?!?!?Solid orange snake?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

C.Phillips · 07-31-10, 04:43 PM

I seen a solid orange snake no patern on it just orange top and bottom. It was about 1.5 feet long and in a wood pile on a job site. I am curently trying to catch it and take it to the DNR to see what it is I have never seen anything like this except vipers but its head was not shaped like a viper. more like a "hognose" kinda snake. Not sure but if i can see it again i will snap a pic of it I have never seen anything like that not hear IN north east GA. COuld it be a new species or morph of something in the wild, or something someone turned out????

Freebody · 07-31-10, 06:17 PM

grats cant wait to see what it is.

infernalis · 07-31-10, 07:39 PM

All morphs occur in nature constantly.

A new albino Garter species was just captured last week.

C.Phillips · 07-31-10, 08:11 PM

Im lookin in the same spot every day in the AM and early PM right befor dark(when I origanaly seen it) it was absolutly stunning and the most beautifull snake i have seen in the wild in person

Nafun · 07-31-10, 08:54 PM

All morphs occur in nature, but most do not survive to adult hood because in nature, "sticking out" is not a survival trait (unless you're poisonous, and then it's only a survival trait for the species, not the individual)

infernalis · 08-01-10, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Nafun

All morphs occur in nature, but most do not survive to adult hood because in nature, "sticking out" is not a survival trait (unless you're poisonous, and then it's only a survival trait for the species, not the individual)

Not that I wish to challenge your statement, but in several instances wild caught albinos were at least 2 years old, 3 documented albino captures in the last couple years included gravid female specimens that were well into their breeding ages.

lovemyskittles · 08-01-10, 03:54 AM

Pine Woods Snake? When they are spotted, they're commonly found in piles of wood (they may not be specific to your exact location in GA but snakes can travel). Everglade Rat Snakes (some morphs lack the markings that they "usually" have) also look like that - but I'm not sure if they're only in Florida or if they've been known to naturally live in GA.

First two are pictures of pine woods snake. Last one is of an everglade rat snake.