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Mississippi Green Water Snake

Nerodia cyclopion

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Olive colored body with bands on the bottom portion. This guy was pretty feisty, I was taking photos of him with my phone and he kept trying to bite my phone, which is how I got a shot like this. He never actually bit anyone though he had multiple chances to.

Habitat:

Found on the banks of Caddo Lake in a bald cypress swamp.

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Green water snake

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Comments (3)
AshleyT
Definitely not, it would be a pretty dumb idea to hold a venomous snake! He was just a big bluffer, it was more funny than anything :)
Desmond.E.S.O
Wow, nice story! Sounds a little scary though, nice shot

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2015

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