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Nerodia fasciata confluens
They have a dark body with pale yellow-orange bands that extend onto the belly. The head is brown and triangular shaped, which is commonly thought to be indicative on venomous snakes, but this is wrong. Many non-venomous snakes have the ability to flatten out their heads to look triangular to look more threatening.
Found in the southeastern US near freshwater. This guy was found swimming through a swamp.
Spotted on Apr 28, 2013
Submitted on May 3, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks Todd! And yea Janson, this is one of the most abundant at the place I will be at for the entire summer, starting on Monday! grumpiest by far of any Nerodia I have dealt with lol
This is my favorite species of Nerodia good picture.