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Midland Water Snake & American Bullfrog

Nerodia sipedon pleuralis & Rana catesbeina

Description:

A water snake that bit off more than it could chew.

Habitat:

Small stream.


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3 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 4 months ago

That's one super-sized meal!

ZachT
ZachT 12 months ago

Unfortunately I didn't have the time to stay and see. I watched it for about 15 minutes and it wasn't making much progress. I bet it did eventually though, snakes always surprise me with how large of prey items they can consume.

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 12 months ago

Wow! Cool picture! So what happened here... did the snake actually swallow the bullfrog?

Indiana, USA

Lat: 40.33, Long: -86.17

Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 23, 2012

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