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snakes.</font></div><div><f --Apple-Mail-61-662885777 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, There are only five species of snakes in Nova Scotia. None of them are =20= venomous. Both Northern Ringneck Snakes and Northern Redbelly snakes =20 have a "ring" around their neck, although that on the Ringneck Snake =20 tends to be more obvious. There are no authenticated records of Black =20= Racers anywhere in the Maritime Provinces, although it is possible =20 that they may occasionally make their way into areas of extreme =20 southwestern New Brunswick (they do occur in Maine). Technically an "asp" would refer to the Common Asp (Vipera aspis), a =20 venomous snake found in southern Europe. More generally Vipers (genus =20= Vipera) are a genus of venomous snakes found throughout much of the =20 Old World. The word is sometimes used poetically to refer to any =20 venomous snake, none of which are found anywhere in Atlantic Canada. Paul is right: the most fearsome creature of the woods here may be the =20= yellow jacket (Vespula spp.). My spouse was once stung 12 times while =20= gathering raspberries. It's an experience she won't soon forget ... ;-> All the best, Chris On 23-May-09, at 12:05 PM, hghgh wrote: > Hi Roland the snake with the ring around it is ringnecked snake . =20 > Gater snakes are the only ones that bit. I have handeled snakes all =20= > my life and the only way to savely hand a gater snake is to grab it =20= > behind its head on the neck . I only been bit once and I was lifting =20= > a rock were one had young, it was a big snake and it did hurt it =20 > drew blood . But if you do not know much about snakes its best not =20 > to try to pick one up all the best Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Garter Snake > > Hello Paul - > What about the small black snakes with a ring around the =20 > neck? I understand they are asps and not snakes, but what is the =20 > difference? I have found two or three dead ones in my driveway, and =20= > I once saw a live one when we moved some old wagon parts. > I don't think I would trust any black snakes. I have seen a =20 > few big ones I would prefer to stay away from. In my present home I =20= > see mostly brown or green garter snakes. > > Roland. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul S. Boyer > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Garter Snake > > I believe that there are no venomous snakes in Nova Scotia. =20 > However, even garter snakes can bite, and their tiny, little teeth =20 > can even draw blood. (I have had that happen to me.) Although cold-=20= > blooded animals do not carry rabies, the oral hygiene of a garter =20 > snake may be such that its bite could transmit lots of interesting =20 > bacteria, so I would handle the snake with gloves. > > Garter snakes have longitudinal striping, and are not really brown =20 > (unless they have not shed the skin for a long time). > > Isn't it possible that the snake got into the house in some other =20 > room, and then slithered into the bathroom by chance? It might have =20= > been hiding somewhere else in the house, and was merely looking for =20= > water. In any case, it really belongs outdoors. > > A foot long is small for a snake. I don't think that there is any =20 > rational reason for fear of any snake in the province, although =20 > their movement can startle people. The most dangerous animals =20 > around are probably stinging insects such as yellow jackets (who are =20= > especially aggressive in the fall), and bears (if you ever find any). > > =97 Paul > > On 22 May 2009, at 10:59 PM, Gayle MacLean wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Had a strange occurrence happen today. >> My husband found a garter snake in our bathroom this evening. How =20 >> it got there I have no idea! I just can't fathom where it might =20 >> have come in! >> Along a radiator pipe maybe? >> I was working at the time so unfortunately I didn't get to see it. >> He described it as a BIG (a foot long or so) brown snake. Sounded =20 >> like a garter snake to me which we see around the yard every summer. >> Anyway, he picked it up by the tail and threw it out the door. >> I can just imagine his expression! He said the sweat was just =20 >> pouring off him. >> He was not amused. >> >> Gayle MacLean >> Dartmouth >> >> >> >> >> Instant message from any web browser! Try the new Yahoo! Canada =20 >> Messenger for the Web BETA > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.37/2130 - Release Date: =20 > 05/23/09 07:00:00 Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, =20 Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | = http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | = http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | = http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old =20 war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-61-662885777 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = all,<div><br></div><div>There are only five species of snakes in Nova = Scotia. None of them are venomous. Both Northern Ringneck Snakes = and Northern Redbelly snakes have a "ring" around their neck, although = that on the Ringneck Snake tends to be more obvious. There are no = authenticated records of Black Racers anywhere in the Maritime = Provinces, although it is possible that they may occasionally make their = way into areas of extreme southwestern New Brunswick (they do occur in = Maine). </div><div><br></div><div>Technically an "asp" would refer = to the Common Asp (<i>Vipera aspis</i>), a venomous snake found in = southern Europe. More generally Vipers (genus <i>Vipera</i>) are a genus = of venomous snakes found throughout much of the Old World. The word is = sometimes used poetically to refer to any venomous snake, none of whic