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Common Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Photo by LisaPowers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown with dark saddles on the back. Approximately 18 inches long.

Habitat:

Small river underneath a large rock.

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Comments (3)
LisaPowers
They can't really smile, but it was very calm at this point. When handled gently, they usually calm down pretty quickly. Of course we never handle a venomous snake in this manner. We have special equipment that protects both ourselves and the snake from harm.

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013

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