tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post492733484679411147..comments2023-04-13T11:06:47.801-04:00Comments on The Buckeye Herps Blog: Michigan Snake Identification - Venomous or Not?Buckeyeherperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04511804617379162369noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-24276612821762127742016-09-28T10:25:17.134-04:002016-09-28T10:25:17.134-04:00Gorgeous crotalids, they remind me a lot of the py...Gorgeous crotalids, they remind me a lot of the pygmys we have down here in the South. justinhttp://www.savannahmitsubishi.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-89934973078422610312015-03-14T05:58:36.686-04:002015-03-14T05:58:36.686-04:00We have a house in a swampy area of Raisin Twp., L...We have a house in a swampy area of Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co. MI., Have never gotten a definitive identification on a tree and bush climbing snake. Coloration, and true wedge shape head like a massasauga (not hog-nosed) but has round pupils .I was startled by my 1st sighting near my hand of one in the dampish natural habitat on a small limb about 4 foot up. I retreated. Saw them in the yard only a few times but a year or so later I started to clip a privet hedge bush out by the mailbox and discovered one which must have been sunning itself near the top. I caught him in a large garbage can (that's how I knew that one had round pupils) but couldn't find anyone knowledgeable to look at him and turned him loose that evening I just learned about pits, underbelly differences, and that non-venomous snakes don't have teeth/fangs from your blog so did not check those. Their necks are smaller than the body, The tail of the one I caught was shorter & stubbier than a northern brown and looked like it had a couple rattles (but perhaps it had been injured?). <br />Perhaps 20 years ago I found a 6 ft long road kill rattlesnake near our previous house in Raisin Twp. About the same year a man who also lived near the Raisin River had killed a similar snake which Adrian College identified as a timber rattlesnake. Massasauga's were not in short supply around there either. One of our horses and a dog were bit (both lived) and neighbors nearer the river collected rattles from the ones they killed in the yard where the children played. <br />My mother's sister died a from a rattlesnake bite in 1915 in Barry Co., MI (It was also a large snake. She was with her siblings who were working in their garden near a wooded swamp. Her brother killed it. The doctor was called but couldn't save her) Her death certificate http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p129401coll7/id/246339/rec/1Anne Halfordhttps://www.facebook.com/anne.fender.halfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-43993009787727521892014-05-13T16:47:48.091-04:002014-05-13T16:47:48.091-04:00I found a venomous snake today here in northern Mi...I found a venomous snake today here in northern Michigan over by manton. It had a triangle shaped head puffed it's self out with black on it's side NEAR THE HEAD ONLY. Then had a blue tinted body. I did pin him and catch the snake! Very cool then threw him in the swamp a little bit away from my house. He is known as the hog nose snake and yes is rear fanged. opened his mouth and seen it. So there are two different types of snakes to be careful about!!!!! but yet again he was very non aggressive not difficult to just pick up ha ha. If you are not afraid of the animal I think the animal is not afraid of you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468944861880424862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-9611755314197144012013-06-10T12:10:22.326-04:002013-06-10T12:10:22.326-04:00Greg - Could have been a black rat snake or a blac...Greg - Could have been a black rat snake or a black racer. I do have a similar Ohio post as well though.<br /><br />http://buckeyeherps.blogspot.com/2011/09/ohio-snake-identification-venomous-or.htmlBuckeyeherperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511804617379162369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-16881297701039277872013-06-09T02:42:48.185-04:002013-06-09T02:42:48.185-04:00Thanks for this post. Is there something similar ...Thanks for this post. Is there something similar for OH snakes? We ran across a 5' black snake sunning himself today while hiking Blackhand Gorge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178704123153473722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-37049592616579963312013-05-08T20:10:11.373-04:002013-05-08T20:10:11.373-04:00I think I saw a water snake on a dirt road today!I think I saw a water snake on a dirt road today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-89475069510527037812012-05-01T20:07:13.873-04:002012-05-01T20:07:13.873-04:00If there is any question, she should just leave it...If there is any question, she should just leave it alone. If she has a picture that is taken from a safe distance, you can email it to me here at foltjr AT gmail.com as mentioned above in the post.Buckeyeherperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511804617379162369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-41644547664058732292012-05-01T19:11:40.903-04:002012-05-01T19:11:40.903-04:00hey my grandma has/or what she thinks is a Massasa...hey my grandma has/or what she thinks is a Massasauga Rattlesnake or something else that is venomous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-57145840825022939632011-10-23T18:52:11.761-04:002011-10-23T18:52:11.761-04:00Cindi - Best of luck in your searches! I still ha...Cindi - Best of luck in your searches! I still have a few MI snakes to see myself. Some of them I have seen in other states, like the green snake, but I still need to see a western fox snake for example.Buckeyeherperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511804617379162369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629588904648960895.post-29287523530103324832011-10-19T17:01:00.341-04:002011-10-19T17:01:00.341-04:00This is an awesome post! Loved it. We still need...This is an awesome post! Loved it. We still need to find the bulk of the snakes. This past summer we saw all the garters, a dead red bellied, water snakes and a tiny Eastern fox snake. We've to a ways to go to see them all!<br /><br />CindiGumbyandPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618133692385105430noreply@blogger.com