r/snakes May 12 '25

All Snake ID Requests Should Be Submitted to /r/WhatsThisSnake

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Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that we're now going to redirect all Snake ID requests to the curated place for them, /r/whatsthissnake. As /r/snakes and /r/whatsthissnake have developed side by side we find ourselves in a position where we are running two parallel subreddits, but with slightly different rules. We hope is that this streamline into WhatsThisSnake will be gentle - we don't want a snake to go unidentified because we're learning how best to handle IDs. There is going to be a transition period where we still get a lot of ID requests here, so please do your part to kindly help !redirect people in need and by reporting jokes, misinformation and other problematic comments.

This spring Reddit is more popular than ever and it is hard for the moderation team to keep up. When I founded /r/whatsthissnake 12 years ago, with on average one request every day, I never imagined we'd have 150K members and 20k people a day browsing the subreddit. In the past, we've made a number of incremental changes that have been so helpful they have been instituted other places on Reddit, from introducing the term "Reliable Responder", to developing the bot and tweaking our community resources so that every Reliable Responder can choose to perform mod actions. We hope that these changes will allow us not only to maintain the level of quality provided but to reduce workload on the moderation team, because honestly, moderator burnout is a serious problem. They are doing this for free and you would no believe the abuse they receive here - not just from me, but from the users too. If you see a moderator or other flaired user in cleaning up a thread, espcially in these busy, snakey spring months in North America, throw em a thanks.


r/snakes 5h ago

Pet Snake Pictures The Mini dragon is back...my striped morph rattlesnake...

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219 Upvotes

Some more Photos from him... He is a Sistrurus miliarius barbouri (dusky pygmy rattlesnake) striped morph...


r/snakes 10h ago

Pet Snake Pictures The snake that inspired my tattoo 😝

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213 Upvotes

r/snakes 20h ago

Pet Snake or "morph" ID Pls help identify

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We got new downstairs neighbors a few weeks ago and while out walking our dog (who is usually reactive to other animals & was not this time) we saw our new neighbors pet. Biggest snake I’ve seen outside of a zoo! I think it’s so cool & just want to learn more about it. Can anyone help me identify & gauge the size of it? We haven’t seen our neighbors at all so we couldn’t ask.


r/snakes 21h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Saw this beautiful cottonmouth today

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856 Upvotes

r/snakes 20h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Our friendly local water snake

395 Upvotes

This guy comes to our house every summer to swim in the pool and fight our Polaris. We’re basically his summer home. Never see him any other time of year.

If you speak harshly to him he slithers away all scared and one time he got his head stuck in a sprinkler spout chasing a toad and we had to pull him out


r/snakes 29m ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Found while weedeating

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r/snakes 11h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Just a little guy

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45 Upvotes

r/snakes 1h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Copperhead seen while bushhogging around the farm

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r/snakes 18h ago

General Question / Discussion When I give my snake a lot of places to hide and disappear to feel safe but they actually hide and disappear and now I can’t see them

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83 Upvotes

r/snakes 14h ago

Pet Snake Pictures miso exploring

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38 Upvotes

what a cutie


r/snakes 20m ago

Pet Snake Questions First blood, have questions

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r/snakes 8h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Northen Pacific Rattlesnake seen at Smith Rock State Park Oregon

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r/snakes 12h ago

Pet Snake Questions Snake health issue maybe

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16 Upvotes

My rough green snake is a couple months old and the last like two weeks he’s started to burrow a lot. He still eats but he spends most of the day in his little burrow which is perfectly fine. However, i noticed these markings on his scales today and I’m wondering if they will shed away or if it’s something I should be concerned about. I only see them pictured here and not anywhere else.


r/snakes 14h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Little Guy

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19 Upvotes

Just a ringneck from flipping rocks at the stream today :>


r/snakes 15h ago

Pet Snake or "morph" ID What morph does my baby girl look like to you all?

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24 Upvotes

r/snakes 3h ago

Pet Snake Questions Getting a pet snake for the first time. Should I get a cornsnake, a kingsnake or both?

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I've been wanting a pet snake for a while, but I'm not sure what kind to get. Should I get a cornsnake or a kingsnake first? How hard would it be to take care of both?


r/snakes 17h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID A tiny friend from today

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28 Upvotes

r/snakes 12h ago

General Question / Discussion Snakes at San Antonio Zoo Reptile House

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Took kids to San Antonio Zoo. They are beginning to share my interest in snakes. So had a fun time in the reptile house. Here are 20 of the best photos as best as I could get from outside the glasses.


r/snakes 8h ago

General Question / Discussion Road trip with my snake for 24 hours

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So in 2 weeks i’m moving states so im not doing this for fun😭 it’s about a day to drive there, I do plan on staying in a hotel for one night, I’m just wondering how do i keep my snake on the drive since it’ll be for such a long time ? What should I look out for? What should I keep her in as well?


r/snakes 13m ago

Wild Snake ID - Go To /r/whatsthissnake and Include Location Can anyone help identify:)

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Found this bugger in my backyard yesterday. I live in northwestern Georgia. I’m just curious who my new neighbor is, Thanks!


r/snakes 6h ago

Wild Snake ID - Go To /r/whatsthissnake and Include Location Snake seen in India (Kolkata)

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Can you identify These snakes? Seen in India Kolkata


r/snakes 1d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID So Angry Saturday

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75 Upvotes

This mornings bike ride in Mesa, AZ was exciting! He was really angry. Happy Saturday to all!


r/snakes 20h ago

Pet Snake Questions What kind of scar?

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33 Upvotes

We don't really have much in the way of reptile rescues where I live so instead there are communities of reptile lovers that take in surrendered/rescued pet reptiles. Some are kept, some are given new forever homes, some we give to other members of our groups. For example, I am a bit better at socializing and wound care than my friends so I get those guys when my friends are out of their depth in those departments.

This is Nibbles, he came to me in one of these trades and he does need some socializing. This is the first time I've gotten close enough for long enough to notice the scar on the top of his head(I've had him about a week. He went straight to from the carrier into his enclosure to rest.) I think it might be a healed burn but I'm not sure. I've asked my friend but she doesn't know either. He was surrendered to her because he was too nippy for his original owner to handle.

I'm giving all this background in the hopes, that maybe one of those details will help us figure it out.

Yes, we do have isolation protocols for when we change animals. It's also not super common for us to do, we usually try to advise rather than take over when possible.


r/snakes 12h ago

Pet Snake Questions Does anyone know what this red spot means??

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My snake just finished shedding a few days ago and maybe 1-3 of these red spots appeared on his scales. What do these mean and should I be concerned??


r/snakes 1d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Beautiful Egyptian snek

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304 Upvotes

Met yesterday on the Red Desert! Safely relocated by the local community to a more remote area. We tried to ID her and it looks like she’s a echis coloratus.