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Northern water snake

Nerodia sipedon

Photo by Twilah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Near a stream.

Species ID Suggestions

Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

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AshleyT
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Comments (4)
Twilah
Thanks for the snake correction.
ForestDragon
Beautiful Water Snakes! I agree with Ashley, as well. :-)
LisaPowers
lol...so not copperheads! Ashley is correct!
AshleyT
Copperheads don't have a pattern even similar to this. Copperheads have hershey kiss-shaped blotches down each side of the body, your snakes have rectangular blotches. This is a harmless water snake.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2015

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