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Late to the Party – WW2 Ended Before These Jets Could See Action
Late to the Party
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1444401159.jpg

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The Ju 287’s forward swept wings were innovative as was the rest of this four-engined bomber.

http://ufxufo.org/german/sack.htm
http://ufxufo.org/images/tsybin.jpg

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Soviet forward-swept-wing transonic LL-3 rocket plane, circa 1947, designed by P V Tsybin. It was a crude analog of the US Bell X-1

found this today in driveway after hauling away some scrap steel. I've seen lots of snakes here in south Louisiana but don't remember seeing one like this.. so what is this ex-snake
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1444406314.jpg

Snakes of Louisiana
Snakes of Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...arth-snake.jpg

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Smooth Earth Snake

6-13 inches. Gray, tan, brown or red brown above with tiny black dots on the head; pale yellow to white below; faint pale line may be present down the back; scales smooth or weakly keeled, and in 17 rows.

Or..................

Red-bellied Snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/serpentes/red-bellied-snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...nake_brown.jpg

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6-14 inches. Brown or gray above, with two rows of black dots or two or four thin dark lines from head to tail; underside usually red or orange, rarely yellow or dull white; pale spots present on either side of the neck and under each eye; small young have a pale collar; scales keeled and in 15 rows.

Pine Woods Snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/serpentes/pine-woods-snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...pine_woods.jpg

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8-15 inches. Reddish brown or tan above, pale yellow below; a distinct dark band passes through the eye, bordered above by a pale line; scales smooth and in 17 rows.

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I'm going with the Smooth Earth Snake because of the ridge line on top of the back. The other snakes have no indication of those markings. The one you found it's so pronounced that it could be something not on the two websites I went to.

Louisiana
http://whatsnakeisthat.com/south/louisiana.html?start=40
http://whatsnakeisthat.com/images/Co...aleriaeMS1.jpg

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Common Name Smooth Earth Snake
Scientific Name Virginia valeriae
Total Body Length 39cm
Reproduction Live
Number of Offspring 7
Venom Non-venomous
Distribution MW, S, NE, SE
Notes

I've seen plenty brown earth snakes but never a red one. now it's a red flat earth snake.. no, I wasn't the one that stomped it. I would have just let it go

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Originally Posted by johnco (Post 8828877)

I've seen plenty brown earth snakes but never a red one. now it's a red flat earth snake.. no, I wasn't the one that stomped it. I would have just let it go

Do you have any better pictures?

Was it really as red as your photo shows?

With Climate Change there are different snakes, insects and animals migrating to new locations.

Perhaps this is an invasive species?

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Brown Tree Snake
Boiga irregularis
Invasive Species: Animals - Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/i...1294034_lg.jpg

More local than Guam.

Nine giant invasive snake species threaten U.S. ecosystems, study finds
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/13/five_giant_invasive_snake_spec/
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Skip Snow (National Park Service) measures the length of a captured Burmese python at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park.

Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, NPS

only photo.. it's snake ground meat now courtesy of SIL's boot. I was curious because I had never seen a one red like that. yes it was red as in photo

That's some good looking Gorniak there, Joe.

The Louisiana Danger Noodle.
http://www.beheadingboredom.com/wp-c...odle-snake.jpg