Identificaciones de ruby--

AOR - a humongous timber rattlesnake and my 4th one ever, found entering the road as a storm front moved through (no rain though). Had a large meal in its lower abdomen, so it moved very slowly and did not exhibit any defensive behaviors (occasionally tongue-flicked and did not rattle its broken rattle)

Following this observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2432233) and by counting bands (>30), this is my lifer northern water snake. As far as I know, this population at White Rock Creek is the only one of Nerodia sipedon in Texas, and it’s so crazy to me that they are probably northern water snakes here (despite the closest populations of sipedon in Oklahoma being pleuralis. First picture shows bands extending into ventral scales, ruling out Nerodia erythrogaster, plus the orangish colors of the bands makes this sipedon

AOR - the first emoryi I’ve seen alive in this area. Simply would not sit still for photos, pretty cold to the touch and was very reluctant to bite until it got into the grass, then started rattling tail and struck out once from defensive posture