Snake !! **Not for the Faint of Heart!**
Yellowbelly Water SnakeNerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
Nonvenomous
The Yellowbelly Water Snake is the harmless snake most often incorrectly referred to as a "water moccasin" (even though there is no such snake) in Harris County. This is because of its generally dark coloration and its irritable disposition. When threatened, Yellowbelly Water Snakes will behave like all other local harmless water snakes of the genus Nerodia. They will usually coil up and flatten out their head, making it look arrowhead shaped. However, head shape cannot be used to tell venomous snakes from harmless ones. They will also vibrate their tail, let out large amounts of foul smelling musk which smells like a skunk, and strike out repeatedly at whatever is threatening them.
So, after school today, we found one of these in our garage! Bless Mike's heart! It really sucks to be the Dad sometimes! A snake that looks like this was coiled up in the corner of the garage. And irritable it was! Mike was truly forced into whacking it with the hoe. This is a bit graphic: When he chopped the snake in two - out popped a LIVE baby frog! FOR REAL.
5 comments:
Amazing story!! I can't believe that frog was still alive. I would not have been able to get anywhere near that snake, hoe or no hoe.
That's awesome!! Not the fact that there was a snake, but the way you took care of it and the live frog!! We had those snakes in our yard in TX.
YIKES!!! Do you live near a pond/lake/river/ditch or somethin'?? Oh, my. My washer and dryer are in my garage. Wow.
Hi Joyce! Yes, we do live near a body of water! See my post written May 4th 2009.
Yes, I am nervous about going into the garage now. That is actually the 2nd snake we have had in the garage.
What a lucky little frog, eh?
That snake picture gave me shivers ... I hate snakes (more than anything)
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