What kinda snake is this?

[Junkyard Dog]

I've lived right here(northern Lee co.) all my life and can't say I've ever seen one colored up like this. Was ~36" long.

 

[Crawler Nut]

off colored copper head.

 

[justjeepin86]

What he said. Looks like a big ass copperhead to me.

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[jeepinmatt]

That's a copperrattlemoccasin. But while it really does look like a cottonmouth/water moccasin, it's just a northern water snake. They flare their heads and flatten their bodies when the feel threatened, which makes them look like a water moccasin, which probably results in many of them being killed for no reason.

 

[obullfish]

Let it bite you and make sure it's not poisonous.

 

[highcj5]

are you near water? like mentioned. looks like a water snake. flare their heads when threatened. looks big.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

That property is near water. A pond a 100 yds or so away . It wasn't really flattened out. Was as big around as my mid arm. Wasn't aggressive like a cotton mouth would usually be. Idk. It lives on. I don't care alot for snakes but if they aren't right near house I usually leave them alone.

 

[Tradarcher]

Northern water snake.

watersnake - Google Search

 

[highcj5]

when you mess with them, they can get aggressive. in your picture, you can see his head like flattened and triangulated. that is one of their defense mechanisms. makes them look scary, hahahaha. if he was 3 foot long, I would say he had to be very big around. we used to catch them when I was younger and they stink very bad. have a very musky smell. google banded water snake, I am sure you will see some pics that resemble yours. jesse

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Probably what it was. I would say it had definitely been eating good.

 

[BigClay]

Definitely a northern water snake, harmless, but many are killed for being mis identified.

 

[Tradarcher]

Yeah they flare their jaws which makes them look poisonous.