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Photo by nataliehf
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Field Notes

Description:

Saw this guy on land then it slithered into the water and swam away

Species ID Suggestions

Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

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AshleyT
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Comments (2)
Doug Sires
Maybe a Nerodia fasciata? There distinct bands down the snakes body, still hard to tell though.
NeilDazet
Most likely a Northern or Midland water snake Nerodia sipedon ssp. But it is hard to nail down a firm ID on this one with just that picture. Still a nice spotting though!
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PublishedJune 6, 2012

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