How to Trace Snakes

Tracing snakes is a valuable tool to help track snake movements and territorial grounds. By understanding them, they provide the ability to understand their habitats and behaviors. By using simple methods and simple means, tracing snakes is a rewarding process that can help you understand snakes - either as a snake enthusiast or a concerned homeowner.

Things You'll Need

  • Heavy-duty gardening gloves
  • Heavy-duty rain boots
  • Cloth bag
  • Small unit GPS tracker kit
  • Local map
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Instructions

  1. Tracing snakes.

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      Tall grass is an ideal habitat for snakes.

      Identify a snake species and the area you believe is the habitat for the snake species you want to trace. Such areas will have tall grass, rocks, and shady areas as snakes are cold blooded and cannot maintain their own temperature. These are the most likely areas you will be able to trace the target non-poisonous snake populations.

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      A small GPS kit can be found in almost any electronic store.

      Set out to capture your snakes that you will trace by equipping yourself with the heavy-duty gardening gloves and rain boots. Always be aware of your surroundings to make sure you do not startle or approach any poisonous snakes. When you encounter the target nonpoisonous snake, grab it by the head and carefully place it in your cloth bag. With each snake, remember its capture point as you will have to return it to the same point after you have it tagged.

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      Mark the snake. Marking is a simple process that entails literally marking your snake to be able to identify its movement patterns and relocate it at a later time. One of the simplest ways to mark a snake is to use small unit GPS trackers that you can purchase at any electronic store. To do this, remove the snake from the cloth bag and attach the GPS tracker to the snake's tail while holding down on the snake's head.

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      Release the captured snakes into the areas from which you captured them.

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      Wait four days until you begin to recapture the snakes to let them disperse into varying areas. Using the GPS tracker unit that will have come with the GPS kit, track down the tagged snakes and trace them to the GPS' signals. Mark your coordinates on your local map as your trace the snakes.

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      When you have visually identified a snake, you have successfully traced the snake and can now analyze the data as you please.