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Farancia abacura reinwardtii
Lifer, and had been on the top of my list for quite some time! Glossy black back with a bright red/orange belly with black checkers.
Caught in a bald cypress swamp surrounded by oak and pine forests at Caddo Lake NWR.
Spotted on Apr 21, 2014
Submitted on Apr 26, 2014
20 Comments
Great series .... wow !!
Gorgeous creature. Congrats on the great capture...fab shots; especially teh head shot.
wow!!!! great captures......
Handsome snake indeed. Great pics Ashley! Love the closeup of the head in the first shot. Thank you for sharing!!! :)
What a beautiful snake! Nice Shot.
Very nice! Truly awesome find of a very reclusive species! My first catch ever was a foot long eastern mud snake and I've never come across another in the wild.
Thank you Rob and Raymundo!
Muy linda Ashley!
Beautiful snake, thank you Ashley
Thanks guys :)
Wow,just beautiful,great series Ashley,first photo is gorgeous,you get your mude snake :) congrats and thanks for sharing
Great spotting Ashley... Shot #1 is a stunner!!
wow ash... awesome shot! ;)
Still, I would have to drive many many many many hours to find them ;)
Thanks Tom and Fyn! He was right around 4 ft :) And I don't have all these cool herps where I live, have to drive many hours to find them. Totally worth it though :)
Amazing snake and a big one too! So jealous of all the herps you have down there, we have like 7 :P
Congrats on the lifer and what a beauty it is!
Thanks Mark! And yes Dan, everything about him is super cool :)
Congrats!! What a gorgeous snake. I can see why you listed it.
Cool purple tongue!