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Nerodia erythrogaster
Juvenile with large, dark blotches on the back, and smaller blotches on the sides. As it gets older, it will lose the blotches completely and have a solid colored back and belly.
Found swimming in a bald cypress swamp surrounded by oak forest.
Spotted on Apr 18, 2015
Submitted on May 14, 2015
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This is why swamps are so dang cool. Beautiful water snake!