Poisonous snake in The Village
 

I almost stepped on this snake and then was able to get some photos of it. It has been identified as a coral snake. The people who identified it said to remember that "a black nose on a snake means it is deadly". I saw this snake down by Lake Deaton.

Click on snake to enlarge.

Red and yellow kills a fellow
Red and black is a friend of jack.

One is cobra, the other is king snake.

It looks like a coral snake.

Here is a link to Florida snakes, with photos:
Snake Photo I.D.

Where was this??

You people actually stick around long enough to try an identify the type of snake you happened upon:cold:

That is NOT a 'cobra'. It is a coral snake. I am hoping that it was just a goofy spell check error that said the wrong kind. Yes, a 'coral' snake is poisonous. Good that you were able to take the photo.

Poisonous snake in The Village
 

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It was a mistake. It is a coral snake.

Your version is very similar to the version we learned many, many years ago in elementary school to identify a coral snake"

Red on yellow kills a fellow
Red on black, poison lack.

Either way, this is a lifesaver.

"Poisonous" snake is actually incorrect. The snake is venomous. Poisons are ingested, venoms are injected.

Just a useless tidbit of information.

Anyhow, there ARE coral snakes here in The Villages as well as water mocassins and rattlesnakes. They are a bigger danger to your dogs who might go sniffing in the high weeds near ponds or to grandkids who might play in those weeds.

Coral snakes live among tall grasses or bamboo.

Thank you for lesson. Much more benefitful than time spent on political forum.

Coral snake for sure. ...

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I've never tested this, but they say a coral snake's mouth is so small it can only bit in a small area such as a finger or toe. We live in a CYV and when they were new in 2011, we had a neighbor find a rattlesnake in his garage. It was soon after that we had installed the garage door screen.

I recommend that for anybody that leaves their garage door up all the time. We do because for one, our washer and dryer are in the garage. Also it keeps out bugs and gators or anything else, like something looking to steal. If they're in the garage, then you know they had to cut the screen to get in, that makes their actions pretty self-explanatory.

Gators, coyotes, panthers, Bobcats, bears, owls, interesting snakes, .... We are in Florida....can't we all just get along? Except RATS.......I hate rats!

Where exactly did you see the snake? In the Village of Lake Deaton? If so... where?

I'm with you!

Snake was down by the public boat ramp at Lake Deaton

I looked it up in the snake department of Barnes & Noble...it called a Movemyfatbuttlikeasprinter snake.

You left out Scorpions, and all 4 types of Black Widow spiders...

Red and yellow kills a fellow, red and black venom lack...........The poison one is a coral snake...............no cobras in the U.S. If red and black touch each other it is a harmless king snake. The coral snake is related to the Cobra since they both have venom that attacks the nerves as opposed to muscles of vipers. The one in the photo is a coral snake, one of the worst. They though are not aggressive and have their fangs in the rear of the mouth and chew rather than strike with front fangs.

Either way, at least our woman are safe.

I'll break it down. You got your:
Passive Behavior Black Widows
Aggressive Behavior Black Widows
Passive-Aggressive Behavior Black Widows
Assertive Behavior Black Widows

Scorpions are all men.

Coral
 

We had one in our front yard. My husband took a video of it. We have ground cover in our yard and now I'm afaid to walk in it.

Yes I think it is a coral snake. We had them in Miami

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As an aside to this post....was driving past the new golf course just south of 466a the other day. It's the one by Moyer and the EMT garage. I saw 3 or 4 golfers (clubs in hand) walking through the tall grass---apparently looking for a ball. There have been warnings about doing this due to the rattlers, coral snakes etc. Hate to see someone get bit and have to deal with the consequences.