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Southern banded water snake

Nerodia fasciata fasciata

Photo by gardengaljhg
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

banded 7'' snake

Habitat:

In leaves along a rock retaining wall

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
turtlesandtombstones
Great Plains Ratsnake or a Prairie Kingsnake. Both have the large saddles down the back and can be dark like this one.

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PublishedApril 5, 2013

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