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Cottonmouth also known as Water Moccasins. When they are young, their tones are bright and as they age, they get darker in color.
Also, Banded Water Snakes have the same color characteristics as the Cottonmouth.
They are often mistaken for each other. Cottonmouth Snakes are venomous (vipers), Banded Water Snakes are not.
These three photos were taken at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida

Cottonmouth Nikon D7200 & Tamron 100-400 @1/1640 - f7.1 - ISO 2500 @ 400mm
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Young Cottonmouth Nikon D750 & Tamron 100-400 @1/60 - f6.3 - ISO 100 @ 400mm
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Florida Banded Water Snake Nikon D750 & Tamron 150-600 @1/200 - f9 - ISO 5000 @ 300mm
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Here are a couple of our local snakes: (South West Ohio / Northern Kentucky). (edited to add location)
Rat Sanke
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A couple of garter snakes looking out from a crack in the rocks
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A Northern Water Snake getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. I never really thought about snakes getting preyed upon by these pesky insects. (something about my body chemistry, mosquitoes rarely bite me but my wife was getting eaten about as much as this poor Northern Water Snake was).
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jeffnles1 said:
Here are a couple of our local snakes:
Rat Sanke
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A couple of garter snakes looking out from a crack in the rocks
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A Northern Water Snake getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. I never really thought about snakes getting preyed upon by these pesky insects. (something about my body chemistry, mosquitoes rarely bite me but my wife was getting eaten about as much as this poor Northern Water Snake was).
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Nice shots Jeff
 
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Irap said:
Wow, Nice photo Mike. It has a interesting pattern on it's back. (y)
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Ira, the adder is well known in GB for its distinctive and striking zig-zag pattern on its back. This is probably a female as the zig-zags are brown. The male's pattern is almost black. It is one of three species of snake in GB and the only venomous one; the others are the grass snake and the rare smooth snake.
 
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Gongster said:
Ira, the adder is well known in GB for its distinctive and striking zig-zag pattern on its back. This is probably a female as the zig-zags are brown. The male's pattern is almost black. It is one of three species of snake in GB and the only venomous one; the others are the grass snake and the rare smooth snake.
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Thanks for the info Mike, I've never seen them before. They are unique. (y)
 
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Irap said:
Cottonmouth also known as Water Moccasins. When they are young, their tones are bright and as they age, they get darker in color.
Also, Banded Water Snakes have the same color characteristics as the Cottonmouth.
They are often mistaken for each other. Cottonmouth Snakes are venomous (vipers), Banded Water Snakes are not.
These three photos were taken at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida

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Young Cottonmouth
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Very good photos! What range are you, lens @ xx mm, photo cropped?
 
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Irap said:
Greg, I updated the photos with the info above them. Each photo has been slightly cropped to improve the composition.
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Ira, thanks for sharing the info. I have been able to get closer to snakes in a refuge without fear of disturbing them, but was still curious about how close you actually were. If only a slight crop, one still has to get fairly close to fill the frame, even with a telephoto. Great work!
 
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gaknott said:
Ira, thanks for sharing the info. I have been able to get closer to snakes in a refuge without fear of disturbing them, but was still curious about how close you actually were. If only a slight crop, one still has to get fairly close to fill the frame, even with a telephoto. Great work!
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Close, but not close enough to get struck
 
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The first two are Eye lash pit vipers; both the same snake...different coloration. The 3rd photo is a boa (don't know what kind)...all taken on one of Steve's Costa Rica workshops (l2019)

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Eyelash Viper also from Steve's Costa Rica workshop in 2018. Sidewinder and Mohave rattlesnakes in southern AZ.
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Yellowboard said:
The first two are Eye lash pit vipers; both the same snake...different coloration. The 3rd photo is a boa (don't know what kind)...all taken on one of Steve's Costa Rica workshops (l2019)

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Amazing difference in coloration of Eyelash Viper. I photographed the yellow morph in costa Rica, did not realize they came in so many colors. Nice shots!
 
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I almost stepped on it during a hike, so just a iPhone picture. Cropped bit in post, would have liked a picture even closer, but didn't not like to have my hand closer to it. it's around half a meter long.
Vipera berus or Common European Adder sometimes Common European Viper. The only venomous snake in Denmark, but only rarely fatal.
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