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Offline JW_Halverson

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Say hello to my leetle frien'
« on: September 29, 2011, 10:45:25 pm »
Look who showed up here in South Dakota!



Bitey little fellow, too.  Didn't think we had anything like this in the area!  Gotta be rather freshly hatched, check out his size compared to the quarter.

I was pretty tempted to make a bow just for him to back, but I didn't.  He went to a guy that has ever SD native snake except whatever this guy might be.  I know enough to tell a bullsnake from a rattler.
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 10:52:26 pm »
We have those here in Fl,  i always called them milk snakes,,dont know what the proper name is,,hes pretty!
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 12:46:33 am »
 It's the Scarlet King Snake in Florida.
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 09:41:45 am »
That's what I was thinking Eddie, he'd make a gorgeous bow if he was six feet long. Ronnie
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2011, 09:56:22 am »
I'd bet they're often mistaken for a coral snake...I think the color band series are different between the two, at least I've heard that.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2011, 11:01:58 am »
Looks like a scarlet king snake to me.
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Offline Polar Bear

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2011, 11:07:17 am »
Shoulda kept it.  Ya coulda fed it till it was big enough for your bow.  Shouldn't take more than 2-3 years.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2011, 11:36:45 am »
How about an arrow wrap....much prettier alive.
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2011, 01:55:20 pm »
 GregB, they are pretty easy to tell apart, Red on black, friend of Jack, Black on yellow kill a' fella.
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Offline Kpete

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 02:05:58 pm »
A factory in my home town in Nebraska used to get Lumber from various parts of the nation.   
There were some interesting critters that would show up after hitching a train ride in a stack of lumber.
Snakes included.
That's a quarter-I thought it was trash can lid-guess I better put my glasses on.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2011, 03:11:48 pm »
Got the word from an expert, he's a pale milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum.

Not common by any stretch, listed in South Dakota as a "species of interest", meaning not endangered or threatened, but very uncommon.
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Offline Postman

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2011, 03:27:46 pm »
Pretty snake - color is variable in it's range. Most Northeast (VA) ones look like this:
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2011, 03:52:21 pm »
Myabe that pen making fellow on here would want that little fart?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2011, 06:19:07 pm »
NOOOO!  He's too cute!  Besides, he's in the home of a collector and herpophile already. 
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Re: Say hello to my leetle frien'
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2011, 07:05:08 pm »
     I believe the Scarlet Kingsnake, doesn't have the black nose, but rather a silverish color.

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