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Northern Water Snake (Juvenile)

Nerodia sipedon

Photo by EAS64
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Northern Water Snake (Juvenile)

Nerodia sipedon

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AshleyT
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Comments (2)
JenKnight
good call, I didn't feel 100% about it so I really should have just made a comment. I was thrown by the apparent size - without much scale I thought it was larger for some reason and discounted juvenile coloration.
AshleyT
This is definitely not a Copperhead. Copperheads have hour glass shaped blotches, and the blotches on this shape are very square, which is very indicative of Nerodia.
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PublishedMay 4, 2013

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