Recent Snakes

Here are some somewhat-recent snakes.

Red-tailed rat snake and skin. Columbus Zoo, January 2, 2024

 

 

 

A red-tailed rat snake's tail. WikiPedia says the tail is sometimes red but is usually brown. Columbus Zoo, March 25, 2025

Lake Erie water snake. Columbus Zoo, January 2, 2024.

Canebrake rattlesnake. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2024. Focus stack of 5 images

Red spitting cobra. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2024. Focus stack of 5 images.

Mandarin trinket snake. Columbus Zoo, April 23, 2024

Scrub pythons. Columbus Zoo, November 6, 2024

Arizona black rattlesnake. Toledo Zoo, March 1, 2025. Focus stack of 3 images

Russell's viper. Toledo Zoo, March 1, 2025

King cobra. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2025:

2019 favorites

Of photos I haven't posted, here are some of my favorites of 2019.

Juvenile silvered langur (Columbus Zoo)

Aldabra giant tortoise (Columbus Zoo)

eastern bluebird (Columbus Zoo)

honey bee (wild at the Columbus Zoo)

A 17-year-old western cattle egret (Columbus Zoo)

silver-spotted skipper (wild at the Columbus Zoo)

Twiggy, an African elephant gets a pedicure (Toledo Zoo).

Victoria crowned pigeons (Columbus Zoo)

Asian elephants (Columbus Zoo)

laughing kookaburra (Columbus Zoo)

Lake Erie water snake (grayish) and easterm fox snake (yellow/red and black) (Columbus Zoo)

unknown freshwater fish (Toledo Zoo)

Snakes

A scrub python flicks its tongue. (Columbus Zoo)

A snake's skin. It's from a Lake Erie water snake or an eastern fox snake. (They're in the same enclosure at the Columbus Zoo.)

blood python (Columbus Zoo)

a venomous snake's skull (Columbus Zoo)

an eastern diamondback rattlesnake's rattle (Columbus Zoo)

Gaboon viper (Toledo Zoo)

eastern green mamba (Toledo Zoo)

green tree python (Toledo Zoo)

A canebrake rattlesnake takes a drink (Columbus Zoo)