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Banded Water Snake

Nerodia fasciata fasciata

Photo by JeffreyDuby
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Field Notes

Description:

Non-Venomous snake, A very pretty red phase of the species. Male found crossing the road in my neighborhood on my way home last night.

Habitat:

Ditch

Notes:

Very sweet and easy to photographed let me pose him for everything. First water snake to ever be this friendly and chill that I have ever caught.

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Comments (4)
AliceGreenup
Yeah the colours are gorgeous and they're great photos!
JeffreyDuby
Thanks Alice! For being one of the most common snakes around here this has been my favorite spotting of the year so far :)

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PublishedMay 13, 2013

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