Thread: What is this snake?

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If you look close enough at the second pic. you can see a round pupil. My vote is hog nose.

Hard to say. Hognose are usually more spotted but you never know.

The stripes look more like a southern banded water snake to me.

Ring neck water snake

That is one dead common water snake.........PERIOD!

Common,everywhere,everyday mildland water snake.

I've always heard if the eyes are blue they're almost blind and mating,will bit and fight.

Here's a pic. of a eastern hognose.

Wow!

Anyways.. When I got home it was very small, maybe 1' long.
Definitely without a doubt:
It was a Eastern Hognose:

AKA

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