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Mississippi Green Water Snake

Nerodia cyclopion

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark, mottled body with a thick head and brown eyes. This species can be separated from all other water snakes (Nerodia) by the additional scale row under the eye. Other Nerodia sp have the eye directly touching the lip scales.

Habitat:

Found in a bald cypress swamp.

Reference Links:

Mississippi Green Watersnake | Herps of Texas

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Comments (2)
Tom15
Ashley, looks like you had a great trip finding tons of nice herps!

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PublishedApril 24, 2014

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