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Western Mud Snake

Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Description:

Juvenile black snake with red belly and red eyes.

Habitat:

Found on forested road through swampy backwaters of Reelfoot Lake.

Notes:

These snakes are habitat specialists and live in swampy areas where their main food occurs. They feed on amphiumas, sirens and occasionally other amphibians and fish. "As this is a sensitive species, and like all species, is worthy of our protection, the locality information has been altered to protect this organism."

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28 Comments (1–25)

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Lisa! What an awesome snake & I know a lifer for you! :)

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 10 years ago

congrats! awsome SOTD! :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Congrats Lisa. Gorgeous little snake and that leaf? is a perfect setting.

Rosa Maria
Rosa Maria 10 years ago

Wow! That is really awesome. Thanks for the notes!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Congratulations Lisa! I love all your spottings!

Congratulations on the SOTD, LisaPowers.
Very well deserved, this is just one the most beautiful snakes I have ever seen!! Picture #3 is fantastic.

Lisa,i was saving my comment o a "bigger" event :-) awesome capture,amazing collours,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing such a great spotting page

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Congratulations Lisa on your SOTD.

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Nice SOTD Lisa!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Congratulations, Lisa.

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Lisa, this beauty was an easy pick for Spotting of the Day! Congrats and thanks for sharing so many radical reptiles with us!

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Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Gorgeous.

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Love this beauty .....

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 10 years ago

Lovely spotting Lisa..

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

Thanks KarenSaxton, Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman and RoxyLove! They really are special snakes.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Gorgeous!

That is one gorgeous snake!! beautiful pictures, LisaPowers.

RoxyLove
RoxyLove 10 years ago

Great shot! Stunning pictures :)

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

Thanks everyone!

Shauna, it was on a sycamore leaf.

Benno Ibold
Benno Ibold 10 years ago

Georgious shot. The eyes are hypnotizing me.

Shauna Howerton
Shauna Howerton 10 years ago

Beautiful snake...great colours! Love the tile it is on as well. Nicely done!

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 10 years ago

Absolutely gorgeous!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very different. Nice shot.

Wow!!! Stunningly beautiful colouring. Very nice images.

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Amazing, congrats !!!

LisaPowers
Spotted by
LisaPowers

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Apr 1, 2014
Submitted on Apr 8, 2014

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