What kind of snake is this?

[Flybob]

Originally Posted by Iwannacamp

Copperheads are normally docile snakes. They think they are hiding so they try to blend in..that's why more people here are bitten by them. They lay still till the last minute. The mean and big ones here are cotton mouths...they WILL chase you.

X3 on docile They usually even give a warning strike ( very little venom ) before the one that will really hurt.

[bareftn]

Originally Posted by seagrace

Unfortunately, you are all wrong. It's a dead snake. Too bad though, not all snakes are out to get you and some are actually beneficial.

that's the best kind

[whj77372]

It is a rat snake. The older copperhead look like the picture above.

[LTRVing]

Originally Posted by dbarr

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Have to watch for them in your campsites, too!
This was taken at Topsail last August.

This sure looks like a water moccasin, their coloring is not always dark, look at the shape of the head and marking on the side near the eye.

[Gonefishing1]

While sorry I can’t chime in on what kind of snake it is. I am one of those who only know a dead snake cause that is what they are when I see them. Can’t tell the difference don’t want to get close enough to them for an examination. In the summer my neighbors always know when I have seen one while cutting grass. My yard looks like a corn maze from chasing it on the mower. But then I have to wonder did I get or is it just tangled under the mower. LOL.

[ejohnson1144]

That looks like a copperhead