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Posted by Patrick Alexander on June 09, 1999 at 00:04:45:

In Reply to: spotted adder? posted by Robby Kuit on June 08, 1999 at 17:35:06:

: I found a snake today- we live in Vermont. The snake was not a garter snake---this one was weird. It was about 3-4 feet long--it was a greyish/lt brown color with brown spots(not quite diamond shaped) all over the body. My neighbor said she saw a little bit of white on the snake- I did not see that. The head was almost triangular and it coiled up and tried to bite a child today. Last year we had seen a snake that looked simular but it had a rattle on the end--we have not been able to find that one. However this snake resembled that one- and I didnt get close enough to see if there was a rattle on it. My mother was bitten by a spotted adder here and said the description sounds like one. Can you help me identify this snake? Thank you.

Sounds like you found a hognose snake. They're notorious for pretending to be vicious in order to scare possible predators away, and are called spotted adders in much of their range. They're harmless, slightly venemous but not enough to be that much worse than a bee sting. They usually strike with their mouths closed, and invenemations aren't common even when people do manage to get bitten. The only venemous snakes in Vermont are copperheads and timber rattlesnakes, and neither of these has spots down its back. If it were a rattlesnake the sound of the rattle would also have been *very* noticeable.

Patrick Alexander

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: : I found a snake today- we live in Vermont. The snake was not a garter snake---this one was weird. It was about 3-4 feet long--it was a greyish/lt brown color with brown spots(not quite diamond shaped) all over the body. My neighbor said she saw a little bit of white on the snake- I did not see that. The head was almost triangular and it coiled up and tried to bite a child today. Last year we had seen a snake that looked simular but it had a rattle on the end--we have not been able to find that one. However this snake resembled that one- and I didnt get close enough to see if there was a rattle on it. My mother was bitten by a spotted adder here and said the description sounds like one. Can you help me identify this snake? Thank you. : Sounds like you found a hognose snake. They're notorious for pretending to be vicious in order to scare possible predators away, and are called spotted adders in much of their range. They're harmless, slightly venemous but not enough to be that much worse than a bee sting. They usually strike with their mouths closed, and invenemations aren't common even when people do manage to get bitten. The only venemous snakes in Vermont are copperheads and timber rattlesnakes, and neither of these has spots down its back. If it were a rattlesnake the sound of the rattle would also have been *very* noticeable. : Patrick Alexander

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