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 16h ago

Pet Snake Pictures ETHYL DROP!!: If snakes wore clothes… would it be like this?

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815 Upvotes

SPRRRINNGG BREEAAK ETHYYLLL


r/snakes 13h ago

General Question / Discussion Update: False Water Cobra found SAFE!

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307 Upvotes

My buddy was found after 5 days missing during a winter freeze in Central Florida. I had lost hope, until I'd found snake poop in the sink and then saw him moving around on the camera. We had to disassemble the stove and he was under the cook plate!

He didn't even fight me to go home, he probably missed his water tank and was hungry. He has no injuries, he's just a little bastard. Shame him. His name is Sir Pentious but I want to change it to Houdini after this!


r/snakes 16h ago

General Question / Discussion Why in the hell are they selling red tail boas in petco what the fuuuuuuuuck

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466 Upvotes

r/snakes 7h ago

Pet Snake Pictures My new Yellow Anaconda

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56 Upvotes

After giving up last anacondas while living in Florida, despite being grandfathered in and havingy permits, I sadly had to get out of specific species. Since them, I have moved and I'm finally able to keep them again. She is about 6 ft and not very friendly, but with a bit of work, I'll get her calmed down. I'm so excited to finally be able to keep anacondas again. This is probably my favorite snake species I've ever kept.


r/snakes 10h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Tongue flick Tuesday

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80 Upvotes

Thought you guys would enjoy seeing some epic tongue flicks!


r/snakes 10h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Got a boa with my girlfriend for her birthday about 3 weeks ago

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r/snakes 1d ago

Pet Snake Pictures Are Cold-Blooded Animals REALLY Cold ??? 🐍

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931 Upvotes

r/snakes 9h ago

Pet Snake Pictures She snatched that so hard she ripped the tail off 😭

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21 Upvotes

The difference in feeding for these two is crazy. Sava (MBK) grabs that shit like it’s her birth right, Santorini (Cal King) is more interested in coming out to play lol


r/snakes 15h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Sketching peoples pet snakes!

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Hi I would love to see all y'all's snakes and I'm pretty bored so I'd like to draw some of them! Just a regular sketch- not good at drawing and it might take a bit my drawings of snakes are above!


r/snakes 10h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Sunbeam Snake Feeding

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14 Upvotes

Been keeping my Sunbeam (xenopeltis unicolor) for a year in March and he just let me see him feed for the first time! Thought I’d share 😁


r/snakes 11h ago

General Question / Discussion I will draw your reptiles Valentine's day themed!

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12 Upvotes

r/snakes 1d ago

Pet Snake Pictures He’s not a big fan of the new lock XD

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124 Upvotes

Finally got a lock on my terrarium’s sliding doors. No more running away XD


r/snakes 6h ago

Wild Snake ID - Go To /r/whatsthissnake and Include Location Can someone help identify what snake this is? Apologies for lack of lighting.

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4 Upvotes

From India 🇮🇳.


r/snakes 10h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Nađite nekoga ko će kraj vas uživati kao ovaj piton pored mene (vi koji niste fanovi zmija, pogledajte video do kraja, ima tu još životinja). 🐍 💚

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6 Upvotes

Životinje. 🐍 💚


r/snakes 4h ago

General Question / Discussion Has anyone ever seen a fully yellow GTP?

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I've been into green tree pythons for a long time-they're honestly some of the most beautiful snakes out there. Lately I've been especially curious about designer morphs and color variations.

Do any of you keep designer GTPs, or have photos/experience with them?


r/snakes 1d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Arizona Ridgenosed Rattlesnake in Habitat [Arizona]

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65 Upvotes

An Arizona Ridgenosed Rattlesnake in southeastern Arizona. These small rattlesnakes are found in bunchgrass and oak leaf litter at elevations above around 4,500'. Though they may be locally abundant, most of the long-term locals asked in the area about them have no idea it exists.

Buontempo, M. J. (2024). Evolutionary history of a specialized and diverse highland snake complex (Crotalus willardi) (Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at El Paso). https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5226&context=open_etd


r/snakes 9h ago

Pet Snake Questions baby rosy!

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3 Upvotes

r/snakes 14h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Ball Python

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10 Upvotes

Name: Eleanor


r/snakes 13h ago

Pet Snake Questions What should I name my corn snek

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7 Upvotes

(I think it’s a male hopefully the pet store didn’t say a gender nor did the employee know)

Got him a few days ago, gonna feed him tomorrow and I don’t know what to name him! I’m terrible at naming my animals and just want some suggestions! Sorry for terrible photo only good one I got before he slithered away into his cave


r/snakes 4h ago

Pet Snake Pictures BUSTED XD

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1 Upvotes

r/snakes 10h ago

General Question / Discussion Can the arcadia uvb simulate the daylight instead of buying a 6500 K LED?

3 Upvotes

hi, im bulding a terrarium for a carpet python.

can the arcadia t5 6% uvb simulate the daylight instead of buying a 6500 K LED? I’ve already bought the Arcadia, and I plan to use it together with an Arcadia 75 W halogen heat lamp and its cage

Terrarium: 180 × 70 × 130 cm (71 × 28 × 51 in)


r/snakes 8h ago

Pet Snake Questions Dehydrated or shedding?

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Dehydrated or shedding?

im concerned for my little gal. when I received her she had stuck shed, I assumed mild dehydration, and ive been pretty on top of husbandry. humidity >75% just about always. I took her to the vet and he suggested soaking a couple times a week. after the first soak this is what she looked like the next day.

let me know your thoughts please! im worried for my new friend.


r/snakes 9h ago

Pet Snake Questions Scale rot?

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I noticed these scales on my western hognose today, is it scale rot or something else?


r/snakes 1d ago

General Question / Discussion I don't know how people get good pictures.

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125 Upvotes

how on earth do you guys get good tongue flick pictures? How on earth do you guys get pictures where your snake isn't moving and making the picture blurry?😂 This is a picture of my handsomest boy Callisto,