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Lampropeltis calligaster
prairie kingsnake Logtown mississippi
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If you take a look at the range for brown water snake, http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/nertax.ht... you aren't close to it; they are barely in Mississippi. Also this snake doesn't have the right pattern or shape for a water snake.