Red Bellied Mud Snake

Description:

A large (to 6 feet), smooth and shiny snake that is aquatic, living in swamps, ponds, and marshes. This handsome black-and-orange snake eats sirens and amphiumas (large eel-like salamanders). Mud snakes are often killed by vehicles as they cross roads, moving between swamps, on stormy nights.

Notes:

We have plenty of amphiumas (large eel-like salamanders) around here too....been trying to catch one to photograph...they are huge