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Northern water snake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Description:

This snake was a couple of feet long. It had brown bands.

Habitat:

It was swimming in a pond.

Notes:

I am not familiar with Virginia snakes so any ID would be appreciated.

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5 Comments

Graham Monroe
Graham Monroe 6 years ago

Thanks for helping ID it. I am going with northern water snake.

Graham Monroe
Graham Monroe 6 years ago

Ok thanks for the info. I will try to ID it.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 6 years ago

I think that you may be looking at a Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon). http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety...

Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago

Not positive but it looks like a Corn snake

Graham Monroe
Spotted by
Graham Monroe

Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jun 10, 2017
Submitted on Jun 11, 2017

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