A water snake was caught today at the school that I teach at in Terrell Texas. I barely managed to save it from a death sentence. There have been alot of snakes showing up recently and none of them have been venemous. All of them have been killed by staff members except for this one. I'm pretty sure it is a Brazos water snake based on the following criteria.

Keeled scales
light brown dorsal color
longitudinal dark stripes on each side
two rows of scales between the chin shield scales
round pupils - vs. cat like eyes of pit vipers
divided anal plate
pink/ yellow bellow with black markings on the border

Pics to follow - Jose
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4.40 normal BPs
1.0 pastel BP
1.0 yellow belly BP
1.0 het albino BP
1.0 het pied BP
1.1 albino BPs
1.1 sunglow/anery corns
0.0.1 sunbeam
0.1 66% het stripe red tail boa
0.0.2 Strawberry hermit crabs
1.0 parakeet
1.0 spoiled rotten dog (Diego)
a crap load of rats and mice

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