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Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Photo by SooJin
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark with red and tan saddling stripes that will dull with age.

Habitat:

Man-made lake near dam and stream.

Notes:

This was an intake as a NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator. This snake was caught in a plastic cup top (pictured above). He had small abrasions and significant scale damage.

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Comments (1)
AshleyT
Such a beautiful guy! Glad someone is helping him :)

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Reptiles of the World
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Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
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Snakes of the United States - Center for Snake Conservation
Photographed
PublishedJuly 26, 2013

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