Unusual snake in the road

[COPPERHEAD]

I'm thinking a cottonmouth but it sure has a weird pattern. He is definitely venomous. What do y'all think it is?

[COPPERHEAD]

[okrattler]

Broad Banded Watersnake

[sir huntsalot]

Broad Banded Watersnake

^ x2

[austinRecurve]

After googling I'm with okrattler.

[Antlers86]

Broad Banded Watersnake

X4

[Kmiles84]

That's a big snake

[Greenheadless]

non venomous water snake

[COPPERHEAD]

His head made me think he was venomous.

[Jspradley]

His head made me think he was venomous.

That's exactly what he wants you to think!

[Greenheadless]

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/water_moccasin_watersnake_comparison.shtml

FLATTENED HEADS: Harmless watersnakes often flatten their heads into a triangular shape when they feel threatened, but their heads look flattened rather than thick and blocky, and their necks are not distinctly narrower than their heads.

[COPPERHEAD]

That's exactly what he wants you to think!

Makes sense

[okrattler]

It must have shed recently. Those colors are awesome.

[dc1986]

Water snake.

[Johnny Dangerr]

I would've killed it first and ask questions later.