Latest posts tagged with #SnakeWeek on Bluesky
For those of you who missed any #SnakeWeek talks that we (IUCN Snake Specialist Group) helped organise, have no fear...the @snakeweek.bsky.social YouTube channel is here! Watch & learn about snakes and snake researchers at your own pace. Some evening entertainment for you! www.youtube.com/@SnakeWeek
Opheodrys vernalis, a small bright green snake coiled on a red stump of a fresh cut tree. These small, harmless snakes are found in northern and Atlantic regions of North America.
To wrap up #SnakeWeek we have a smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis, a small green snake found in northern and central North America. They primarily eat invertebrates and, as a result, are susceptible to pesticides which have in some areas decimated their once plentiful numbers.
A dark grayish almost black water snake, Nerodia sipedon, eating a small fish.
Another late night #SnakeWeek post with a Northern water snake, Nerodia sipedon, eating a young perch (I think Perca flavescens) two fairly common species in Pennsylvania where this was photographed.
Today for #SnakeWeek is one of my favorite encounters over the last two years, a Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus found in what is almost certainly an ambush position. No, it does not want to ambush humans or our pets, we are far too large, but it’s probably hoping for a chipmunk…
Missed our #SnakeWeek webinars? You can watch the recordings here: www.youtube.com/@SnakeWeek
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LOUIS-CLAUDE VASSÉ (1716-1772) French (Paris), signed and dated 1763 Title: Nymph drying her hair Artist: Louis Claude Vassé (French, Paris 1716–1772 Paris) Date: 1761–63 Culture: French, Paris Medium: Nymph: white marble: base, basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze, with remains of gilding Dimensions: Height (overall): 8 ft. 6 1/2 in. (260.4 cm); Height (figure): 59 in. (149.9 cm); Height (console): 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm); Height (basin): 71 1/4 in. (181 cm) Vassé's model for this figure was exhibited at the Salon of 1761. The wall fountain was completed between 1761 and 1763 at the behest of the duc de Chevreuse for the entrance hall of his Château de Dampierre, where it remained until the early twentieth century. Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation, Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation, Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund, 1971 1971.205
closeup of one of the snakes at her feet
Nymph drying her hair
for #SnakeWeek #Stunday
#TheMet #Art #EastCoastKin #Photography #NYCPhotography #OnlyBeautifulThings #ColorADay #OrangeSun
A ver calm Spotted Bush Snake to end off #SnakeWeek 🐍
#AfricanWildlife #Snakes #Herpetology
We are excited to present this beautiful poster, designed by #SnakeWeek organizer Christina N. Zdenek of Australian Reptile Academy.
Please share widely!
ALT: An angled-down image of a snake in a loose coil, head facing left and resting on the body. From neck to tail, the ground color is a darkm deep red, and the tip of each scale is tipped in black, forming a small triangular shape. The neck is a creamy yellow, also with black-tipped scales, and the head is mostly a dark orange, with a splotch of dark red on the scales between the eyes. The iris is the same dark, deep red, with a round black pupil.
#SnakeWeek: Last one :( A Yellow-headed Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus formosus) from the rainforests of NE Peru. Pictured is a sub-adult; Calico Snakes are harmless to humans, and typically reach around a meter in length. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
Cemophora coccinea, the Scarlet Snake, one of multiple species that exhibits red, white, yellow, and black striping throughout its body. It has read and white stripes and a crown of yellow that is indicative of this species. As a result of this it often gets mistaken for other species with similar patterns. This is in the Northernmost part of their range, New Jersey, they range from there to Florida and west to Oklahoma.
As #SnakeWeek continues here’s one of the more colorful snake species in North America, the Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea. I have found many of these in Florida and Georgia but this one was one of the few I found in New Jersey, the Northernmost part of their range.
Show your love for one of the Southeast’s rarest rattlesnakes!
In celebration of #WorldSnakeDay, #SnakeWeek and the #YearoftheSnake, we’ve designed Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake merch for the whole family—t-shirts (adult & youth sizes), hats, and tote bags—available in a variety of colors.
Side view of a snake laying on a tree branch, and facing left. The snake's ground color is an orange brown color, from the tail to the neck. The head is a light green on top, with yellow on the scales making up the upper jawline. The belly color is a rusty red. The eye is large, the iris is gray, and the pupil is vertically elliptical.
#SnakeWeek: A Green Cat Snake (Boiga cyanea) from peninsular Thailand. Boiga is genus of mostly tree-dwelling snakes, found in forests and mangrove swamps. B. cyanea reaches around 6ft (186cm) and consumes a wide variety of vertebrate prey. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
A coiled up northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortix mokesan) peaks over their body to look at the camera while sitting among the artificial decor and real plants in their display at the zoo.
For the last day of #snakeweek : a local #snake that I’ve never had the fortune of seeing in the wild
Northern #copperhead - Agkistrodon contortix mokasen
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 5-18-25) 🐍 #photography #animal #cincyzoopic #zoo #herps #reptile #viper
ALT: An angled-down image of a snake in a loose arrangement of coils, on brownish sandy soil and facing left. The snake is pink from head to tail, with a slightly lighter shade of pink skin between each scale. The scales are very smooth and shiny. The tail is blunt like a pinky finger, and matches the head in size and shape. The eye is a small dark spot with no other features.
#SnakeWeek: (last day!) A Threadsnake (Rena humilis) from San Diego Co., CA. They live underground or under objects, and consume ant and termite larvae. Note the vestigial eyespot which functions as a detector of light & dark. Notoriously difficult to photograph. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
#SnakeWeek may end, but our work never does!
The Orianne Society works every day to conserve some of the world’s most misunderstood—and important—animals: #snakes, turtles, salamanders, and other #reptiles and amphibians.
A road cruised juvenile rubber #boa, Charina bottae, from the Sierra! Managed to save two of them from traffic while looking for #herps at night. They looked exactly like sticks on the asphalt! #herpetology #snakes #snakeweek
ALT: Angled down image of a snake in a circular coil on a lichen-and-moss-covered stone surface, facing left. The snake's ground color is a pale tan, with diamond-shaped blotches running from head to tail. The blotches are black, and bordered with bright yellow all the way around. Additionally, each diamond has a bright yellow spot in the center. The snake's head is a mixture of cream, black, and bright yellow streaks and markings. The eye is dark and the pupil is round.
#SnakeWeek: A Mandarin Rat Snake (Euprepiophis mandarinus) found crossing a road high in the mountains of Taiwan. Still the coolest snake I've ever cruised up on a road. Ranging across SE Asia, this secretive colubrid snake prefers cooler climate conditions. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
The head of mostly green snake. The snake has its mouth slightly open and the two tips of its tongue can just be seen. The head of the snake is dark green on top and a light green below. A dark line runs through its eye. The small part of the body visible in the picture is bright green. The snake looks slightly to the left of the camera.
🐍Rhinoceros ratsnake (Gonyosoma boulengeri).
Max size 160 cm (5'3").
Eats mostly rodents and small birds.
Why it has a pointy snout is unknown.
Found in subtropical rainforests in northern Vietnam and southern China.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷The Smithsonian Institution
#Snakeweek
A long, skinny snake sitting on the center stem of a palm frond. It is light tan and brown striped.
Close-up of the snake showing a large eye and light tan and brown alternating pattern on the body. It is sitting on a palm frond.
For #SnakeWeek here is an extraordinarily skinny snake we found during a night hike in the rainforest.
Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)
Waita Lodge, Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
Closeup image of a snake head from the side, facing right. The snake has no neck - the round, sturd body goes right up to the head. The snake has an upturned nose, with a spade-like scale on the tip which is used for digging. The snake is a tricolor - on orangish-red band comes up to the head, and the head is a mixture of black and white streaks and blotches. The iris is dark, the pupil is also dark, and round.
#SnakeWeek: 🧵 1/2 A Tri-colored Hognose Snake (Xenodon pulcher) from Paraguay. Similar to N. American hognose snakes (Heterodon), it has a specialized rostral scale that aids in burrowing through sand in search of vertebrate prey (toads, turtle eggs, etc.). #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
A top down shot of a young common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) in a bit of an S-pose with the back of their body trailing off into the right of frame. The snake is on mud and their banding is quite visible.
If you’ve been seeing my #snakeweek posts you’ve noticed that I’m a big fan of water #snakes (Nerodia sp.) Can you blame me for loving my feisty semi-aquatic squamate?
(Shot near Cincinnati 5-24-25) 🐍 #photography #wildlifephotography #animal #herps #reptile #snake #wildlife #nature
A white sea serpent with a golden halo and blue flames along its spine
Celestial Gaasyendietha
(It's Snake Week, have an Indigenous American snake kaiju)
#kaijuly #kaiju #biblicallyaccurateangel #angel #gaasyendietha #meteordragon #snakeweek #art
Pituophis melanoleucus, Northern Pinesnake, a black and white snake with a blue hue around it, the eyes are especially blue due to the process of Ecdysis (the separation of the epidermis from the dermis) starting.
As #SnakeWeek continues here is a yearling Northern Pine Snake, a Pituophis melanoleucus, in shed
If it’s still #SnakeWeek, have only had one other encounter besides the Bull Snake.
This little cutie slithered across my path while hiking.
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Top down image of a viper tightly coiled among brown grass and green plants. The snake's chunky viperine head is partially hidden in the center of the coil. The ground color of the snake is a straw yellow, and down the center of the back is a stripe of darker brown edged with some black scales. The stripe appears to be a series of blotches that run together, forming a small zigzag pattern. The head has the same set of colors, the iris is orangish-brown and the dark pupil is vertically elliptical.
#SnakeWeek: An in situ Danube Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis), central Hungary. Walking meadows and finding several of these vipers, they reminded me of the Massasauga rattlesnakes back home in Illinois, in terms of habitat, size & body plan, and prey. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
Brown kingsnake with speckled markings on gravel
Traveling prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster). Spotted while searching for bees #snakeweek #herpetology
A white nine-headed snake kaiju. The head in the middle is that of a viper, while the other heads are bright blue flames. A golden halo rests above the viper head.
Celestial Lernean Hydra
(It's Snake Week, have a snake kaiju that's older than feudalism)
#kaijuly #kaiju #biblicallyaccurateangel #angel #hydra #lerneanhydra #snakeweek #art
A common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) peaking just their nose and eyes out of water facing the left of frame. Their body curls out of focus to the right then into and along the foreground.
#snakeweek
I really like the way water #snake patterns show up underwater
Common water snake - Nerodia sipedon
(Shot near Cincinnati 7-8-25) 🐍 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #herps #reptile
Learn more about the fascinating world of snake venom on our Snake Talk Podcast, Episode 117 - Snake Venom with Dr. Stephen Mackessy. Listen in on our website: www.oriannesociety.org/snake-talk/
#OrianneSociety #SnakeWeek2025 #SnakeWeek #WorldSnakeDay2025 #SnakeConservation #Venom #VenomousSnake
