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Broad-banded Water Snake
Nerodia fasciata confluens
29.6594, -94.5451
Field Notes
Description:
A beautiful semi-aquatic snake that is named for the broad, irregular shaped bands along the back. These bands can be brown, red-brown, or black and are separated by yellow and gray. Like other water snakes, broad-banded water snakes are often mistaken for western cottonmouths and needlessly killed. Water snakes bite viciously to defend themselves and also secrete a strong-smelling musk from glands at the base of the tail.
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