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Description:

Saw this guy on land then it slithered into the water and swam away

1 Species ID Suggestions

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon Northern water snake


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2 Comments

Doug Sires
Doug Sires 11 years ago

Maybe a Nerodia fasciata? There distinct bands down the snakes body, still hard to tell though.

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

Most likely a Northern or Midland water snake Nerodia sipedon ssp. But it is hard to nail down a firm ID on this one with just that picture. Still a nice spotting though!

nataliehf
Spotted by
nataliehf

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on Jun 6, 2012

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