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Northern Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Notes:

This water moccasin came out of the water right in front of me, when I was fishing. It had a fish in its mouth, and it wasn't scared of me, at all! It even came my way and when I didn't move, it dropped the fish and raised its neck. Scary.

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2 Comments

DDO
DDO 10 years ago

Thanks Linda

LindaKing2
LindaKing2 10 years ago

I believe this is a water snake species... Not a cottonmouth.

DDO
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DDO

Great Falls, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Aug 27, 2013
Submitted on Aug 27, 2013

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