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Dan McCulloughIf you’ve been following my #SnakesOnMyFirewood adventures, you know I have two massive female Northern Watersnakes this summer. Yesterday was drizzly and only hit 70°. Usually they tuck themselves away in the wood in those conditions. But late in the afternoon I found this skin running alongside a small stone wall. The skin measures 50 inches and would probably be a few more if I had stretched it out.
Gum on China’s Shoe<p>I believe this is a big-eyed ratsnake / 過山刀 (Ptyas dhumnades), seen near Taipingshan in Yilan County, Taiwan.</p><p>Apparently the big-eyed ratsnake is “the fastest snake in Asia”. I am reliably informed that its meat is used in traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered to be a treatment for leprosy.</p><p>Not having leprosy just at the moment, I let this one go on its way.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>台灣</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/herpetology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herpetology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Primo Natura<p>"World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados after 20-year absence"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Barbados" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barbados</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/worlds-smallest-snake-rediscovered-in-barbados-after-20-year-absence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/07/worl</span><span class="invisible">ds-smallest-snake-rediscovered-in-barbados-after-20-year-absence/</span></a></p>
Ryan M 🥄<p><a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/RedSidedGarterSnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedSidedGarterSnake</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/SnakePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnakePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/NorCalCoast2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorCalCoast2025</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Fujifilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fujifilm</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/SoOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoOC</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados after 20-year absence <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/worlds-smallest-snake-rediscovered-in-barbados-after-20-year-absence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/07/worl</span><span class="invisible">ds-smallest-snake-rediscovered-in-barbados-after-20-year-absence/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Barbados" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barbados</span></a> threadsnakes are blind <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a>, so they’re very cryptic... They’re quite rare also. There have only been a handful of confirmed sightings since 1889... The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/threadsnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threadsnake</span></a> had been included on Re:wild’s global list of 4,300 plant, animal and fungi species lost to science, those that have not been seen in more than ten years. Since 2017, fifteen of these species have been found"</p>
Palm Oil Detectives<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> 🦎🐍🐢🐊 are fascinating creatures who are sadly feared, misunderstood and persecuted by humans. It's time we stand up for <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lizards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lizards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/crocodiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crocodiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turtles</span></a>, here's how, be <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycottpalmoil</span></a> 🌴🩸☠️ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott4Wildlife</span></a> @palmoildetect.bsky.social <a href="https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/11/05/reptiles-why-one-in-five-species-face-extinction-heres-how-you-can-help-them/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&amp;utm_campaign=publer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">palmoildetectives.com/2023/11/</span><span class="invisible">05/reptiles-why-one-in-five-species-face-extinction-heres-how-you-can-help-them/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&amp;utm_campaign=publer</span></a></p>
Thomas<p>When I started cycling today the weather was warm - up to 37 C in the vineyards. The grass snake (Natrix natrix) I spotted by the side of the road likely enjoyed the hot weather more than I, but it's a wonder that it was still well and alive. I convinced it that it's better to get back into the grass. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Michael Weinhold<p>Today is <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SnakeyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeyFriday</span></a>, right? Right?</p><p>We stumbled upon a slow worm and a smooth snake today. What a blast! </p><p>Snakes are not a very common sight for us. And I didn't even know that smooth snakes live in Germany.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worms</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snake</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeDay</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/WhatTheSnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatTheSnake</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/ExploringNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExploringNature</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> on <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a> 🐍:<br>Netsuke of two <a href="https://historians.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a><br>Japan, 19th c.<br>Wood, W 7cm (2¾in)<br>“Signed Toshi nanajugosai Shunzan (Shunzan, aged 75).”<br><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23948/lot/76/a-large-wood-netsuke-of-two-snakes-by-shunzan-19th-century/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bonhams.com/auction/23948/lot/</span><span class="invisible">76/a-large-wood-netsuke-of-two-snakes-by-shunzan-19th-century/</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/JapaneseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseArt</span></a></p>
Idzie<p>Happy snake day! Here's a gorgeous eastern garter snake (thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) with this fantastic red colouration that I saw this past spring. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Daniel 🐅🏔<p>Diamondback watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer) basking by and peeking out of the water</p><p>These common, nonvenomous water-loving fish-eaters are often harassed because they're mistaken for cottonmouths or rattlesnakes</p><p>The riprap around this lake was covered in them on this sunny April day during last year's CNC</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a></p>
Daniel 🐅🏔<p>Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), though I believe this is a relatively uncommon melanistic variety</p><p>From Magee Marsh in Ohio</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a></p>
Daniel 🐅🏔<p>Look closely! </p><p>A lovely ribbon snake in the long grass</p><p>I miss these friends a lot</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a></p>
Daniel 🐅🏔<p>A beautiful mud snake (Farancia abacura) from Louisiana in 2020</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a></p>
Jen C Mars<p>It's <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a> and I love snakes!</p><p>This is a Kirtland's snake, a small threatened local snake that is objectively very cute</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The grey roots circle thee, who never knew<br>At any hour within thy travels lone<br>A human shape but mine…</p><p>—Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag”<br>First published in The Pure Account (Aberdeen University Press, 1981), &amp; included in The Wrong Music (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bookish.community/@canongatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>canongatebooks</span></a></span> 1989)</p><p>A poem for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a> 🐍</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-quinag/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oem/adder-quinag/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/highlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Terry Matz<p>Make Hiss-tory on World Snake Day by <br>knitting a snake tie, rug, bookmark, cowl, or even snake cables!<br>Find these and more snake patterns on my reptile post<br><a href="https://intheloopknitting.com/reptile-knitting-patterns.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">intheloopknitting.com/reptile-</span><span class="invisible">knitting-patterns.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Today, 16 July, is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a> – so here is “Siesta of a Hungarian Snake”, by Edwin Morgan 🐍 </p><p>Published in New Selected Poems (Carcanet, 2012)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/concretepoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concretepoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdwinMorgan</span></a></p>
Dan McCulloughWait, what? You’re telling me today is National Snake Day AND it’s Year of the Snake?!? Say no more, say no more… let’s celebrate! Living on a brook and having cozy stacks of wood in the sun is a recipe for the gorgeous Northern Watersnakes. Here are a few from the last couple of years.