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Ratttlesnake ID?? #6324891 06/06/16 04:54 PM
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Need help with this one...located in Mason, Tx. I am thinking canebrake but not sure, never dealt with anything but western diamondbacks.

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I'm not a snake expert but it sure looks like a timber rattler to me. Didn't know they could be found as far west as Mason.


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The black tail makes me think Timber rattler as well, but the few I've seen had different markings on their back...but they were also farther east in freeston co.

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It's a Timber


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Originally Posted By: TexasKC
I'm not a snake expert but it sure looks like a timber rattler to me. Didn't know they could be found as far west as Mason.


I'd second this thought. Especially with the solid dark tail??

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That is an easy one with that black bandit face and black tail. It's a black tailed rattlesnake.

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Originally Posted By: Sniper John
That is an easy one with that black bandit face and black tail. It's a black tailed rattlesnake.



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Have encountered Several in Edwards County up


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Originally Posted By: Sniper John
That is an easy one with that black bandit face and black tail. It's a black tailed rattlesnake.


You beat me to it. It's a northern black tailed rattlesnake. What a beauty too.


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Yep Blacktail for sure. I see them in New Mexico.


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Wow, I have never heard of those.


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Originally Posted By: Squatch
Wow, I have never heard of those.


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I've seen them on 377 around the Telegraph area.

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Originally Posted By: TexasKC
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Wow, I have never heard of those.


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Me either.


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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out.


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Re: Ratttlesnake ID?? [Re: SniperRAB] #6324982 06/06/16 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: SniperRAB
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That is an easy one with that black bandit face and black tail. It's a black tailed rattlesnake.



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Have encountered Several in Edwards County up


http://museum2.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/reptiles/molossus.htm


Yup....timbers have a copper stripe down their back and don't have a diamond pattern on their back..... Beautiful looking blacktail! One of 13 species of rattlesnakes native to Texas!..
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Re: Ratttlesnake ID?? [Re: Star_S_Ranch] #6325415 06/06/16 11:35 PM
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Well thats a new one on me. I have never seen one before. Nice capture on the photo.



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Wow!!! I really never stuck around long enough to look at color pattern. SNAKE
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Never seen one before. Neat looking snake!

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It's a beautiful snake but based on photos definitely NOT a good snake!

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Never seen one either. I would've killed it though.


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That is a beauty of a snake. And, I learned something! Nice pics.

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That is a "GOOD" snake. It will kill approximately 7,000 rats / mice in its lifetime.

I don't kill snakes. Not even the ones I have encountered in Thailand such as the King Cobra or Tree Vipers.

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Originally Posted By: Wildphilhickup

That is a "GOOD" snake. It will kill approximately 7,000 rats / mice in its lifetime.

I don't kill snakes. Not even the ones I have encountered in Thailand such as the King Cobra or Tree Vipers.

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Originally Posted By: TexasKC
I'm not a snake expert but it sure looks like a timber rattler to me. Didn't know they could be found as far west as Mason.


The Timber/Canebrake also has a black tail but a distinctly different pattern. The Canebrake has a chevron pattern rather than diamonds. The coloration is also quite different.

Here is a sample from around my neck of the woods:



The black tail rattler is not unknown in central Texas. A buddy and I caught one close to 'Decker Lake' (now renamed) outside of Austin in the mid '70's

At that time (before Austin grew up and swallowed all the towns around it), the countryside South of Manor was crawling with Western Diamondback. We would cruise the roads in the evening in late April and May and pick them up. They would crawl out on the road to soak up the heat just before and right after sundown.


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Originally Posted By: flintknapper
Originally Posted By: TexasKC
I'm not a snake expert but it sure looks like a timber rattler to me. Didn't know they could be found as far west as Mason.


The Timber/Canebrake also has a black tail but a distinctly different pattern. The Canebrake has a chevron pattern rather than diamonds. The coloration is also quite different.

Here is a sample from around my neck of the woods:



The black tail rattler is not unknown in central Texas. A buddy and I caught one close to 'Decker Lake' (now renamed) outside of Austin in the mid '70's

At that time (before Austin grew up and swallowed all the towns around it), the countryside South of Manor was crawling with Western Diamondback. We would cruise the roads in the evening in late April and May and pick them up. They would crawl out on the road to soak up the heat just before and right after sundown.




That's a heck of a timber there, sir. eeks333

I assume that one had been dispatched?


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