It doesn’t matter what kind of snake it is because ANY KIND OF SNAKE TO ME IS BAD!!!
I HATE SNAKES!
My skin would still be crawling if that was in my yard!!!
I agree with #50 poster. That definitely looks like a water moccasin. At least here in Oklahoma, this is the three to four week period in spring every year when snakes are on the move and you tend to see them squashed on the highways. My neighbor spent some time sitting on top of her car last week after spotting a fairly large snake near the driveway. We live near the edge of town and next to a large open field, so we get all kinds of wildlife meandering through our neighborhood at times, and that’s just counting the humans.
My two ended up just like yours. Dead and sectioned in several places. Keep your eyes open for the second one. There’s always a second one.
Looks like a cotton mouth. I hate them things. They usually have no fear and will even confront ya. Once I was out in a bayou and one was ballsy enough to swim across and up to the boat.
You did did the world a service by killin’ that thing.
What kind of grass is that?
Open the mouth. Did it have fangs? I hope you didn’t kill a harmless black rat snake.
That is definitely a Cotton Mouth. They have a pretty nasty bite but are good for getting rid of mice.
Of course you’ll have the decency to send that snake out for DNA testing so we can put this controversy to bed?
Water Moccasin/Cotton Mouth
May I just add, you’re doing a great service for the Texas Chamber of Commerce. I’m sure everyone can hardly wait to travel there to check out your wonderful variety of poisonous snakes! :o!
Cottonmouth, AKA Water Moccasin.
Mocassin.
And for future reference, don’t kill with those snakes with a shovel.
They’re nasty, and will attack poles and shovels.
Animal control won’t go near them.
Sheriffs will shoot them.
Please insert Monty Python dead parrot sketch lines here:
He’s just resting
He’s dead!
No, he’s taking nap
He has ceased to exist
He is no more!
etc
That said, I would be wondering where the rest of this dead snakes family is?
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Use caution and take a stick or rod of some kind and use it to open his mouth. You should be able to use the rod to pull the fangs out if they're there.