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Lower left third of the pic, midsection of the viper.

Found it.

runs from below the twin leaves in the center out 9 o'clock

Yep Colo Wolf got it right, dam you really have to look, I can see were you could step on one.

even worst is while Turkey hunting and sitting your ass down on one

This is one reason I hate snakes.

Same thing happened with this Mojave Green!



The hair on the back of my neck is up right now!

Heeesh!

Dang, took me a couple of minutes.

Sometimes they accidentally die in my driveway...

They say we don't have any poisonous snakes here. I never saw one... until I went to visit my Dad's side of the family in Oklahoma! My first day there I was fishing with my Uncle Ralph and a cottonmouth slithered between my legs down into the water A couple days later, I was fishing in a little cove on Table Rock Lake in Missouri with my Dad's Sister. A skier went by and flipped my canoe. I dragged it to shore and came up over the edge of a little berm to end up nose to nose with a little copperhead Those were the only two poisonous snakes I've seen. I have a hard time imagining them at every step in the woods down South and out West. Spiders too.

They do look different out in the open! Striking colors.

Man, those are a tough read - especially in the Fall. And, they seem too common there - encountered quite a few when we lived near the Potomac in MontCo, MD.

At least the rattlers out here are easier to see - and often, to hear.

They're very pretty....if a snake can be pretty. I just don't feel comfortable with them around the house. Three young kids and a five year old son that picks up every snake he sees....we can't coexist!

There were times when I was young that I might spend a half hour crossing a patch of fall leaves because I knew there was one in there somewhere.
Don't know how I knew but I almost always right.
Even when I was wrong I think I just failed to find it.

along the same lines, gaboon viper.....in leaves or dappled sunlight they will just disappear, against a plain background, very striking.....

Such great camo! I actually got it pretty quick - I liked that. Would rather not miss one while back in that country. Re that headless rattlesnake that is still trying to coil itself up while suspended from its tail. Isn't that a CREEPY feeling to have a DEAD snake pulsing around and still moving like that in your hand? It does tend to make one jangly. That is why a dead rattler is so dang dangerous if its head is still attached. The body can take a long time to get the message.

Puff Adders the same way Sheridan, I have never seen a snake rely so much on his own camo as a Puff adder...not even a copperhead and Ive been 'danger close' to too many of them...

Find da little water moccasin





Mike

No THOSE things have an attitude!

puff adders are also just plain lazy bastards that refuse to move unless stepped on if they think they are sitting next to a excellent prey trail.....they just hope you will go away and not scare their next meal and they damn sure aint gonna run away and leave their spot....