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Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Photo by Michelle18
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Species ID Suggestions

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster

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kaptainkory
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Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

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Samuel Hartman
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Comments (4)
AshleyT
I agree with plain-bellied watersnake, with this being the subspecies blotched water snake.
kaptainkory
It's a Plain-bellied, not Northern, Watersnake.
Michelle18
Thank you. I didn't mess with him too much. Just let him go on his way.
Samuel Hartman
Judging by the picture I believe it is a Northern Water Snake. They are also rather aggressive compared to many other snakes of (at least Eastern) USA.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013

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