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Banded watersnake

Nerodia fasciata

Description:

Adult

Habitat:

Sunning on a root and leafs next to small stream.

1 Species ID Suggestions

museumwebbie
museumwebbie 13 years ago
Banded Water Snake
Nerodia fasciata http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/nerfas.htm


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2 Comments

MitchRay
MitchRay 13 years ago

Agreed, definitely a Nerodia of some flavor

museumwebbie
museumwebbie 13 years ago

This is definitely not a Copperhead, which have triangular-shaped heads and pronounced hourglass-shaped bands. It's hard to tell from the photo, but I'm guessing it's either a Banded or Northern Water Snake.

RobertBerkowitz
Spotted by
RobertBerkowitz

Cary, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Mar 13, 2011
Submitted on Mar 13, 2011

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