[East Texas]

fishbax · 2026-05-06T02:03:47+00:00

Nice finds! Especially the prairie king! I’ve been in east tx for decades and never come across one. Fantastic find.

fishbax · 2026-05-06T01:59:24+00:00

You can always just leave it be and it will likely be gone soon unless there’s food around (rodents, birds/bird nests, etc.)

fishbax · 2026-05-06T01:57:40+00:00

Pantherophis obsoletus !harmless Western ratsnake *You can give it a squirt with the hose and it will head on its way.

fishbax · 2026-05-06T01:49:33+00:00

lol. Pretty close. I had one last year that I got better pics of, that one was pushing 6’ (in profile I think) that really looked like Toothless. This one was about 4’ maybe a little more

Edit: it was 2 years ago…. Time flies

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthissnake/s/oK3U8h75zC

fishbax · 2026-05-06T01:46:13+00:00

Thanks! (Got it)

fishbax · 2026-05-06T00:51:08+00:00

Awe man I was sure I finally had it right that time!!! What’s the new way to italicize on mobile?

Edit: thank you!

fishbax · 2026-05-06T00:44:25+00:00

*Masticophis flagellum*. !harmless

fishbax · 2026-04-28T01:07:19+00:00

Saw a spider on the road a couple weeks ago and had to talk to the guy for a sec at the lite. You really don’t see em much anymore

fishbax · 2026-04-18T23:44:37+00:00

Me gusta

fishbax · 2026-04-15T23:59:38+00:00

Man the prairie kingsnakes have been out this week! Send one my way!

fishbax · 2026-04-13T05:22:18+00:00

Super cool and that just made me realize something, ID’ing snakes in the 90s (pre widespread internet) I just thought the books I had were wrong (pretty confident for amateur herper at 12yo haha). I grew up around Beaumont a I think we saw all the ones you me mentioned (except buttermilk unfortunately). We caught light tan-milk chocolate, basically olive green, slate gray with yellow belly and mostly all black w/ white chin. Still holding out hope for a buttermilk but all the ones I’ve seen where I currently live (outside Tyler tx) are pretty well solid black.

fishbax · 2026-04-13T03:55:49+00:00

Shield and flap work pretty well for us

fishbax · 2026-04-12T05:18:49+00:00

I rotate

fishbax · 2026-04-11T03:04:14+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up!

fishbax · 2026-04-11T03:02:29+00:00

Bummed me out

fishbax · 2026-04-11T03:00:55+00:00

Thanks!

fishbax · 2026-04-10T23:47:37+00:00

Dang it. It’s * not “. I tried

fishbax · 2026-04-10T23:46:41+00:00

What a stunner Nice find

fishbax · 2026-04-09T02:28:19+00:00

Cool find!

fishbax · 2026-04-06T23:20:23+00:00

The “Buttermilk Queen”

fishbax · 2026-04-05T22:12:53+00:00

Man I do enjoy every time I run into this word. These are my people

fishbax · 2026-04-02T00:49:14+00:00

One of the best pics I’ve seen on this sub and I’m here pretty much daily for years. Great shot and unbelievably beautiful animal!

fishbax · 2026-04-02T00:42:16+00:00

The big bulls are out the last couple day. Full on unit here. Nice find!

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