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Diadophis punctatus
Dorsal coloration is solid olive, brown, bluish gray to black, broken only by a distinct yellow, red, or yellow-orange neck band. Head coloration tends to be slightly darker than the rest of the body with tendencies to be blacker than grey or olive. Ventrally the snakes exhibit a yellow-orange to red coloration broken by crescent shaped black spots along the margins
Southern species exist primarily within riparian and wet environments, especially in more arid habitats. This one was photographed along the Beaver Dam Trail at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.
Spotted on Jan 21, 2013
Submitted on Jan 21, 2013
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AshleyT, I added this spotting to the suggested mission Snakes of the United States - CSC.
Great photo! Please consider adding this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1202...