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Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Description:

Northern Water Snake

Habitat:

I found this and many more like this in an area where there is a very small, muddy pond with many birds living on the pond. There are lots of turtles and frog here too. The area around the pond is very very swampy. I find these snakes beneath a bridge. They appear to slither out of the creek that supplies the pond to sun themselves.

Notes:

I think they are Northern Water Snakes but I am not sure. They are rather large and as you can see from the first photo he has 2 meals in him. The meals he ate appeared to be about the size of a large frog or a small bird.

1 Species ID Suggestions

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon Northern Water Snake


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4 Comments

StevenPetros
StevenPetros 12 years ago

Where in Morristown did you see this snake.

HollyeJacksonSchramm
HollyeJacksonSchramm 12 years ago

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AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

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KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

I'm sure you are correct

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Spotted on Apr 28, 2011
Submitted on Dec 8, 2011

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