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Mississippi Green Water Snake
Nerodia cyclopion
29.7015, -94.4144
Field Notes
Description:
A thick-bodied water snake with slight, granite-like patterning on its back. The belly is yellowish and heavily mottled. He was a lifer for me, and the most exciting one I have gotten in a long time!
Habitat:
Found on the road just after dusk. There were flooded ditches on each side, and he was released into the ditch after the photo shoot.
Notes:
While we were photographing this guy on the side of the road, a car passed us. Obviously wondering what the heck we were doing in the dark with lights all over the road, they pulled over and came up to us. They saw we had a snake, and started telling us how snakes freaked them out. We just talked to them for awhile, saying how awesome of a snake this was and they are less commonly seen. After getting the snake calm, I asked the wife if she wanted to hold him. I let her touch the back end first, then showed her how to gently hold him to where he is unlikely to bite. She did finally hold him, and got her husband to take a few pictures, then gave him back. They thanked us and went on their way, and it was great to help someone have a positive experience with a snake, especially one that was special to me. I never pass up the opportunity to help people learn about snakes, even though we were literally being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Totally worth it though :)
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