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PiersonH
at Tue Nov 16 14:12:56 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PiersonH ]
You're overlooking a key characteristic. Southern Watersnakes (Nerodia fasciata) are banded for their ENTIRE length. If you look at the snake in the photo, the posterior half is destinctly patterned with alternating dorsal and lateral blotches.
I wish the person who found this snake would post a belly shot. It would become immediately clear that the snake is a juvenile erythrogaster. ----- Pierson Hill

Herpetology and Herpetoculture
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