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Northern Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Photo by DDO
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Field Notes

Notes:

This water moccasin came out of the water right in front of me, when I was fishing. It had a fish in its mouth, and it wasn't scared of me, at all! It even came my way and when I didn't move, it dropped the fish and raised its neck. Scary.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
DDO
Thanks Linda
LindaKing2
I believe this is a water snake species... Not a cottonmouth.

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PublishedAugust 27, 2013

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