Eastern NC, venemous???

StaticKaos · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:29 AM

I know their is cottonmouths, an water mockinsons or whatever.. Thats all I can really think of or have heard of around my area.. My brother is telling me they killed a rattler around this area (I say thats cowpie).. So does any1 know anything about my area???
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Shadrach · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:37 AM

Hey Static I live in NC also Lexington to be exact and yes we do have some Rattler's around the Piedmont area! As well as all over the state! Actually I work for a local hospital and we had a woman admitted a year or so ago because of a Rattler bite! And we know it was a Rattler because her husband killed it and brought it with them!
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StaticKaos · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:50 AM

haha well im no longer going herping then.. thanks for tha knowledge, lol.. Back behind my house im thinking would be a reallllly good place 2 find some new snakes.. We've never even cleaned it up since we moved in (ahh were lazy, its tha back yard! who cares?! haha) so theirs ALL kinds of junk, even a crappy shed im bettin places would be.. My dogs out there constantly on tha hunt so i think i got a good chance of findin something.. I know cottonmouths live in wooden areas, what about these rattlers???
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Ed_r · #4 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:54 AM

Dont for get the copperheads too. Cotton mouths will be more in marsh like wooded areas. Rattlers can be wooded or in rocky outcrops. Same with copperheads.
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Heather · #5 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:55 AM

Coral snakes are around there.

Scarlet Kingsnakes are around there.

pine snakes

Glossy Crayfish Snakes.

Timber Rattlesnake

There are a lot more snakes in North Carolina. If you wont to know them just ask me & I will put more pics of them.

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StaticKaos · #6 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 04:03 AM

Ya'll reallllly wanna scare a kid huh?! Well ya succeeded!!! haha.. Well yeh Heather that'd be good.. If you can, don't post me nothing that would be in tha mountains, or piedmont area.. I'm in Wilmington, dead in the middle of the city.. I doubt some of them kinda snakes are gonna be around here.. The entire reason im asking is because I wanna actually go herping around my area, not with things like that around tho,haha
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Ed_r · #7 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 04:17 AM

HAHA Wilmington? My branch office has a copperhead living in the warehouse. And yes its in Wilminton. Youll get ratlers there Maybe even an EDB and possible pygmy rattler, Timbers definately. And a few cottons for good measure. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]

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StaticKaos · #8 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 04:26 AM

Good God! haha I was hopin 2 find somethin like a grass snake or somethin, haha screw a EDB! I have actually caught a pigmy before, it was actually pretty docile though.. It wasn't liking it when we caught it but after that it was fine..
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Heather · #9 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 04:29 AM

Ok well there are Timbers, pygmy, copperheads, king snakes, milk snakes, cottonmouths, some Coral snakes & there is some type of gress snake but not sure of the name.. This is all I can find in Wilminton but there might be more there. See I lived in NC near Wilminton one time But It was 4 years ago.

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StaticKaos · #10 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 06:07 AM

I'm guessing Hampstead Heather? Thats where I lived a while back.. LOTS of water mockinsons, black racers every1, cotton mouths, everything.. Thats why we had 2 move, my brother was about 8 an had NO fear of snakes.. He brought home a water mockinson an my moms freaked, lol..which I can understand..
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Heather · #11 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 06:18 AM

I did live there but now I live In Warner Robins GA.
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#12 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:04 PM

There are 6 species of hots in NC, one Elapid and 5 pitvipers.

Coral snake is in your area, as are the copperhead (State wide), cottonmouth, EDB, Timber Rattler and the little pygmy rattler. South Eastern NC is the best place to find ALL the species of hots.

Herps of NC

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BWSmith · #13 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 03:36 PM

I just want to make sure that you know that the Pine Snake and Crayfish snake and a few of the others are not venomous. Kindof took me back for a second when the question was about venomous and I see a Pine! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]

Heather, eventually someone is going to get mad at you snagging their pics. We enjoy the images you post. But if you get them from someone's site, at least mention where they came from. That way the owner of the pics won't get mad at you for doing it [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Just a little CYA issue [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Heather · #14 (**permalink**) 08-02-2002, 05:04 PM

I know I said pine snake or milk snake I know they are not venomous but I just wonted to say what snakes were around there. & Those pics came from a friend's site which she wants to shut brown for a year. So she told me not to tall off her site just yet. But she said you can see those pics at other sites but I'm not sure where.

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