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Banded Water Snake
Nerodia fasciata
35.5239, -89.263
Field Notes
Description:
The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake endemic to the central and southeastern United States.
It is typically gray, greenish-gray, or brown in color, with dark crossbanding. Many specimens are so dark in color that their patterning is barely discernible. They have flat heads, and are fairly heavy-bodied.
Habitat:
Nerodia fasciata inhabits most freshwater environments such as lakes, marshes, ponds, and streams.
Notes:
Found snake at sunset, hatchling under a foot long.
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PublishedMay 6, 2013
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