Saw a little smooth green snake in Thornhill back in October and about a month ago a friend of mine found a snake in her laundry room which turned out to be a Dekays Brown Snake.
What part of Ontario are you in because I live in Niagara and I go herping all the time and I never get GIANT SNAKES like you are so please tell. I loved the video nice snakes :)
Ontario is a huge province and snake distribution is specific to habitat preference. I hate to say it, but if you want to see some bigger snakes, you will have to travel. You may or may not have some rattlesnakes not too far away, though. Just look up distribution maps for the province. It should shed some light on the subject for you.
We like snakes. We held a boa constrictor called Brittany when we were in Calgary and we saw a green one in the grass when we were on holiday in Nova Scotia. We don't have so many snakes at home.
nice vid, man. I found what I think may have been a gopher snake(dead unfortunately) at Shirley's Bay in Ottawa. What can you tell me about their status around here? Despite a strong interest and lots of effort, all I've ever seen have been garters and watersnakes.
It is highly unlikely that what you saw was a gopher snake. Near Ottawa, the only patterned snake would be the milk snake. Sometimes they can be a bit brown, but they are usually closer to grey. However, dead snakes often exhibit colour changes as they rot, so that could be why it looks more like the gopher snake. Sometimes pet snakes escape or are let go far from their native habitats, but it is rare, and rest assured, the gopher snake is not found anywhere in the province.
I don't know the area very well, but I'm sure you'll turn up brown snakes, red-bellies, garters, milks and water snakes. All are relatively common almost anywhere in the province. It is possible that you will also have smooth green snakes, but I can't be sure. Also, ringnecks are likely. Happy hunting!
@beerock2000 Haha, you hit the nail on the head. The 5 you mentioned i've found, no doubt the two you said might be here are here somewhere...it can really be diffucult to find snakes. Although you make it look easy in this video. :P
FANTASTIC VIDEO! My friend, you did a great job! Good to see we got some herpers here in Ontario! Are there any particular spots that are great for finding snakes? Like a park, hiking trail, etc?
The Georgian Bay area is a bonafide 'hot spot', but that doesn't exactly narrow it down. I have a few 'secret' spots that I like to visit, but I've always come to them through exploration. That's the fun of it. Know your snakes, know their habits and habitat preferences and you'll be ahead of the game. Ontario is pretty large and species distribution is case specific, so it depends on what you are looking for.
Great! Just be sure to apply the field herper's code: take only pictures, leave only footprints. Flipping rocks and debris is productive, but make sure you put them back the way you found them.
And, as always, don't keep any specimens. On top of being illegal, it is irresponsible.
Apparently, the green snake has a very wide distribution in the province, but, in my experience, it is one of the least commonly encountered species. It could be because it is green and, therefore, difficult to spot, or it could be due to its habits. I've seen all of mine in the Georgian Bay area, sometimes under debris, sometimes on the road. I've never seen one out and about.
Thanks for this video,I am in Ontario and on hikes I will try to see if I can find snakes. I have even seen Garter snakes in my own yard,which is interesting since I'm in the city(hamilton) so they must be adaptable creatures. I'm one of the few people that likes snakes :) I have seen our rattle snake as well and was surprised at how small it is,and of course kept a safe distance but admired it and gave it the space it needed
i was in northern ontario and i saw the back half of a snake... its was red with black stripes. im from nova scotia. so i was interested. do you know what kind of snake it was?
Norhern Ontario means many different things to many different people. It could have been a red-sided garter snake. This is a sub-species of the Eastern Garter Snake. Generally speaking, this snake is highly variable in its morphology. But, if it had stripes of any variety, it was likely a garter snake or a ribbon snake (although, the ribbon exhibits far less variation).
I felt absolutely terrible today! While I was trimming the lawn on our farm I hit a milk snake and did damage that will probably prove fatal. It was tucking up along the under edge of our garage along the bottom and I could not see it. It did slip away after but was bleeding and the two cuts were quite deep. I personally think it is one of the most beautiful snakes in Ontario.
Don't worry. Sounds like you didn't mean it and would have avoided it if you could. A recent study concluded that some 7% of Ontario motorists go out of their way to hit small animals (including snakes) that they see on the side of the road. Pretty scary, eh?
I felt absolutely terrible today! While I was trimming the lawn on our farm I hit a milk snake and did damage that will probably prove fatal. It was tucking up along the under edge of our garage along the bottom and I could not see it. It did slip away after but was bleeding and the two cuts were quite deep. I personally think it is one of the most beautiful snakes in Ontario.
Thank you for your message. Most impressive! The only snakes I have seen in the wild, so far, are garter snakes, brown snakes, and a single milksnake. I have a long way to go!
hey, amazing. theres lots of snakes on there i havent and would love to catch. the rattler, smooth green snake, black rat, and hognose. your living my dream man. keep up the videos!
Amazing video, take it from 1 who lives here in Ontario very well done and narrated with the facts. I only wish I could do a video this well - I'd give it 5 Stars but we can't do that any more Lol!!!
true it is like fishing ...so hopefully i will find at least something reaaly interesting this summer....but like i said before would it be possible if we could go herping..if the answer is no thats fine.
hey im realy inerested in catching all native species of snakes in ontario...like u. iwould never hurt a snake and when i catch them i make sure that they r safe ...so if u have time can u please tell me wher u caught all the snakes in this video it would mean alot to me if u did so :)
I really like this video! Always cool to see snakes from other areas. Ontario really seems to be a little hot zone in the midst of being a cooler climate.
dude i cant wait for the herping season!!! ur videos are cool i subbed you, check out my videos if you want
TheSnakeMate 4 days ago
A lot of people don't know this, but one in every three snakes is gay.
VeryHugeAss 1 month ago
I hate snakes. They should all be destroyed.
VeryHugeAss 2 months ago
@VeryHugeAss
Don't worry. Most Ontario snakes are listed as threatened in some capacity. You may have your wish sooner than you realize.
I agree with you. They are horrible things. But, they taste very good.
beerock2000 2 months ago
@beerock2000 u better not be seriouse u fucking eat them??!? snakes are amazing animals and for somone to eat them is pretty freakin nasty
derekusd 2 months ago
@VeryHugeAss u should have been when u were a fetus little boy
derekusd 2 months ago
@derekusd up yours!
VeryHugeAss 2 months ago
@VeryHugeAss lol
derekusd 2 months ago
5:39 - ha!!! the snake says 'HI!!!!' ;)
capricorn4003 2 months ago
great video!! ;) and dude, your beard sure does grow fast!! ha!!
capricorn4003 2 months ago
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Saw a little smooth green snake in Thornhill back in October and about a month ago a friend of mine found a snake in her laundry room which turned out to be a Dekays Brown Snake.
mastadonboner69 2 months ago
This is a Great video/compilation of snakes in Ontario!
My personal snake list includes meeting all of these but the Queen, the Buttlers, and the Blue Racer.
I am pretty lucky to have met - at one time or another - the rest of them!
My favourite encounters were with Smooth Green and definitely my fav..Fox snake...
cpaterson100 3 months ago
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phagep22 3 months ago
What part of Ontario are you in because I live in Niagara and I go herping all the time and I never get GIANT SNAKES like you are so please tell. I loved the video nice snakes :)
teehee1310 5 months ago
@teehee1310
Ontario is a huge province and snake distribution is specific to habitat preference. I hate to say it, but if you want to see some bigger snakes, you will have to travel. You may or may not have some rattlesnakes not too far away, though. Just look up distribution maps for the province. It should shed some light on the subject for you.
beerock2000 5 months ago
We like snakes. We held a boa constrictor called Brittany when we were in Calgary and we saw a green one in the grass when we were on holiday in Nova Scotia. We don't have so many snakes at home.
ChasandEd 5 months ago
@ChasandEd
Sounds like you are having a great summer!
I saw my first smooth green snake in Nova Scotia many years ago, actually.
You're from the UK, yes? Have you ever seen an adder? How about slow worms?
beerock2000 5 months ago
nice vid, man. I found what I think may have been a gopher snake(dead unfortunately) at Shirley's Bay in Ottawa. What can you tell me about their status around here? Despite a strong interest and lots of effort, all I've ever seen have been garters and watersnakes.
rldickie 6 months ago
@rldickie
It is highly unlikely that what you saw was a gopher snake. Near Ottawa, the only patterned snake would be the milk snake. Sometimes they can be a bit brown, but they are usually closer to grey. However, dead snakes often exhibit colour changes as they rot, so that could be why it looks more like the gopher snake. Sometimes pet snakes escape or are let go far from their native habitats, but it is rare, and rest assured, the gopher snake is not found anywhere in the province.
beerock2000 6 months ago
@beerock2000 Thanks much for the clarfication.
rldickie 6 months ago
Hello Im from Hamilton area south of lake ontario what are snakes common in that area
MyReptiles101 7 months ago
@MyReptiles101
I don't know the area very well, but I'm sure you'll turn up brown snakes, red-bellies, garters, milks and water snakes. All are relatively common almost anywhere in the province. It is possible that you will also have smooth green snakes, but I can't be sure. Also, ringnecks are likely. Happy hunting!
beerock2000 7 months ago
@beerock2000 Haha, you hit the nail on the head. The 5 you mentioned i've found, no doubt the two you said might be here are here somewhere...it can really be diffucult to find snakes. Although you make it look easy in this video. :P
PivotElite 6 months ago
i like your show you made
bgbgbgbg12333 7 months ago
Good vid - well done
ashleyhockenberry 8 months ago
i found a blue racer befor in portcolborne and i found a red yellow and black snake like the coral snake in portcolborne
burdman62 9 months ago
@FABCOWINDSOR
Nice to know that there are some snakes out and about already. Where are you at? Windsor?
beerock2000 10 months ago
FANTASTIC VIDEO! My friend, you did a great job! Good to see we got some herpers here in Ontario! Are there any particular spots that are great for finding snakes? Like a park, hiking trail, etc?
JPRanger08 11 months ago
@JPRanger08
The Georgian Bay area is a bonafide 'hot spot', but that doesn't exactly narrow it down. I have a few 'secret' spots that I like to visit, but I've always come to them through exploration. That's the fun of it. Know your snakes, know their habits and habitat preferences and you'll be ahead of the game. Ontario is pretty large and species distribution is case specific, so it depends on what you are looking for.
beerock2000 11 months ago
@beerock2000 Thanks! I go down to Georgian Bay alot in the summer, I'll be sure to cheak out some more spots there!
JPRanger08 11 months ago
@JPRanger08
Great! Just be sure to apply the field herper's code: take only pictures, leave only footprints. Flipping rocks and debris is productive, but make sure you put them back the way you found them.
And, as always, don't keep any specimens. On top of being illegal, it is irresponsible.
Maybe we'll run into each other some day.
Good luck!
beerock2000 11 months ago
Were can I find the green snake ?
BSReptiles 1 year ago
@BSReptiles
Apparently, the green snake has a very wide distribution in the province, but, in my experience, it is one of the least commonly encountered species. It could be because it is green and, therefore, difficult to spot, or it could be due to its habits. I've seen all of mine in the Georgian Bay area, sometimes under debris, sometimes on the road. I've never seen one out and about.
beerock2000 1 year ago
Thanks for this video,I am in Ontario and on hikes I will try to see if I can find snakes. I have even seen Garter snakes in my own yard,which is interesting since I'm in the city(hamilton) so they must be adaptable creatures. I'm one of the few people that likes snakes :) I have seen our rattle snake as well and was surprised at how small it is,and of course kept a safe distance but admired it and gave it the space it needed
balto4 1 year ago
I really enjoyed your documentary, it was very informative, and well played. thanks.
skidoorocksthek 1 year ago
Awesome video, Brock. You make a charming host.
clauditorium 1 year ago
i was in northern ontario and i saw the back half of a snake... its was red with black stripes. im from nova scotia. so i was interested. do you know what kind of snake it was?
poobed666 1 year ago
@poobed666
Norhern Ontario means many different things to many different people. It could have been a red-sided garter snake. This is a sub-species of the Eastern Garter Snake. Generally speaking, this snake is highly variable in its morphology. But, if it had stripes of any variety, it was likely a garter snake or a ribbon snake (although, the ribbon exhibits far less variation).
beerock2000 1 year ago
@beerock2000 lol sorry i ment ot say black wit red stripes.. and ya i found it... it was a red striped ribbon snake
poobed666 1 year ago
that might be the best snake video on youtube
psychosnake23 1 year ago
I felt absolutely terrible today! While I was trimming the lawn on our farm I hit a milk snake and did damage that will probably prove fatal. It was tucking up along the under edge of our garage along the bottom and I could not see it. It did slip away after but was bleeding and the two cuts were quite deep. I personally think it is one of the most beautiful snakes in Ontario.
PeeTank 1 year ago
@PeeTank
Don't worry. Sounds like you didn't mean it and would have avoided it if you could. A recent study concluded that some 7% of Ontario motorists go out of their way to hit small animals (including snakes) that they see on the side of the road. Pretty scary, eh?
beerock2000 1 year ago
I felt absolutely terrible today! While I was trimming the lawn on our farm I hit a milk snake and did damage that will probably prove fatal. It was tucking up along the under edge of our garage along the bottom and I could not see it. It did slip away after but was bleeding and the two cuts were quite deep. I personally think it is one of the most beautiful snakes in Ontario.
PeeTank 1 year ago
Thank you for your message. Most impressive! The only snakes I have seen in the wild, so far, are garter snakes, brown snakes, and a single milksnake. I have a long way to go!
BartBVanBockstaele 1 year ago
i didn't know we had snakes in Canada, how do they survive the winter?
snakes prefer warm places....
JFK2684 1 year ago
Great video! I'm a snake lover from ontario an always love seeing anything about our native species. Keep up the great work!!
mackorourke 1 year ago
Hey Brock, Awsome vid about these snakes in Ontario! Good luck finding the rest of the snakes. I'm looking forward to seeing them.
JASONS1PLACE 1 year ago
hey, amazing. theres lots of snakes on there i havent and would love to catch. the rattler, smooth green snake, black rat, and hognose. your living my dream man. keep up the videos!
KingstonHerps 1 year ago
cool vid....awesome snakes
snakesandfrogs 1 year ago
cool vid...would like to find a couple of those species here in VA that I have yet to see
snakesandfrogs 1 year ago
Hey Man, thanks for sending me your video, it is an exelent one. My videos are not so good, but i think you will like them.
Angelo
zucabrasil 1 year ago
best 9 minutes and 50 seconds i spent on youtube so far.
legomyeggo336 1 year ago 2
Amazing video, take it from 1 who lives here in Ontario very well done and narrated with the facts. I only wish I could do a video this well - I'd give it 5 Stars but we can't do that any more Lol!!!
toddcfghjk 1 year ago
What a lovely lovely video. I want more from you... You're one of the only herpers that isn't up his own arse.
The Smooth green looks like a TINY mamba mixed with a boomslang.
jigglestumps 1 year ago
any tips on how to catch a black rat snake? always hoping to see one
jethrowjj 1 year ago
wow love the video im going to killarny ontario
jethrowjj 1 year ago
snakes hang out on roads because it is warm, and roads hold the heat snakes need, well after dark!! careful driving everyone!!
lesouder2222 1 year ago 3
true it is like fishing ...so hopefully i will find at least something reaaly interesting this summer....but like i said before would it be possible if we could go herping..if the answer is no thats fine.
and yes it was a serious milksnake:)
xxxReptileLordxxx 2 years ago
ohh ya and by the way would it be ok if we could go catch snakes in summer
xxxReptileLordxxx 2 years ago
hey im realy inerested in catching all native species of snakes in ontario...like u. iwould never hurt a snake and when i catch them i make sure that they r safe ...so if u have time can u please tell me wher u caught all the snakes in this video it would mean alot to me if u did so :)
xxxReptileLordxxx 2 years ago
hey im from ontario to...wher did u find the milksnake..
xxxReptileLordxxx 2 years ago
I really like this video! Always cool to see snakes from other areas. Ontario really seems to be a little hot zone in the midst of being a cooler climate.
Greetings from a Colorado Herper!
William
GreenPineMuseum 2 years ago
Great video, I'd like to get up into Ontario sometime to look for some snakes. I've seen a ton of stuff here in MI!
SalineSnakeGuy85 2 years ago
awesome!
johnnytyger 2 years ago