Comments on: Diamondback Water Snake http://sensationalserpents.com Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sarah Johnson http://sensationalserpents.com/snakes/diamondback-water-snake/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Sarah Johnson Thu, 28 May 2009 07:01:17 +0000 http://sensationalserpents.com/?page_id=340#comment-2536 I think I found one of these at my parents' house in New Lenox, IL. I was coming back after taking our labrador/great dane for a walk and it was on the steps to the back door. It was at least 2.5 ft long, maybe 3 ft; I couldn't see the whole thing because it was partly under the dog ramp. (The dog is old has back problems, needs help getting up steps.) The snake "backed up" completely under the ramp when it noticed us--didn't turn around, just recoiled, so even though I could see only a foot and a half of it, a large amount of it must have been under the ramp still. I thought it was a cottonmouth or something venomous at first because the first thing I saw was its girth and the diamond pattern. I was afraid to walk past it, but I had no other way into the house. I came back outside with a camera and snapped some pics of it, then I researched it on the internet. After I identified it, I went back outside to go "Steve Irwin" on it and get some better pictures, but it was gone by then. Probably for the best! I wish I had gotten better pictures of it, though. I must be about 90% sure it was a diamondback water snake, but that other 10% isn't sure. We have ponds, creeks, and rivers all around our street, so it's not a stretch to think they'd wander through our yards occasionally. I think I found one of these at my parents’ house in New Lenox, IL. I was coming back after taking our labrador/great dane for a walk and it was on the steps to the back door. It was at least 2.5 ft long, maybe 3 ft; I couldn’t see the whole thing because it was partly under the dog ramp. (The dog is old has back problems, needs help getting up steps.) The snake “backed up” completely under the ramp when it noticed us–didn’t turn around, just recoiled, so even though I could see only a foot and a half of it, a large amount of it must have been under the ramp still. I thought it was a cottonmouth or something venomous at first because the first thing I saw was its girth and the diamond pattern. I was afraid to walk past it, but I had no other way into the house. I came back outside with a camera and snapped some pics of it, then I researched it on the internet.

After I identified it, I went back outside to go “Steve Irwin” on it and get some better pictures, but it was gone by then. Probably for the best! I wish I had gotten better pictures of it, though. I must be about 90% sure it was a diamondback water snake, but that other 10% isn’t sure. We have ponds, creeks, and rivers all around our street, so it’s not a stretch to think they’d wander through our yards occasionally.

]]> By: Ann Rabb http://sensationalserpents.com/snakes/diamondback-water-snake/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Ann Rabb Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:59:40 +0000 http://sensationalserpents.com/?page_id=340#comment-1741 Found one in our hall 8-8-08--Struck at me twice. Screamed at my husband--He came running with a broom and it tryed to crawl under our beedroom door--I ran an got a shovel and My Husband killed it!! The snake was 3 ft. long and very strong. We live on Lake Mathis and have seen many Diamondback snakes in the water but never in our home!!! Boy, it did scare me!! Thanks for letting me VENT!!! Ann Found one in our hall 8-8-08–Struck at me twice. Screamed at my husband–He came running with a broom and it tryed to crawl under our beedroom door–I ran an got a shovel and My Husband killed it!! The snake was 3 ft. long and very strong. We live on Lake Mathis and have seen many Diamondback snakes in the water but never in our home!!! Boy, it did scare me!! Thanks for letting me VENT!!! Ann

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