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Alrite, At the time i saw this snake i was in Pensacola florida (northern) it came out of a drain pipe outside of my apartments.
anybody know what kind it might be?

ill will post an overhead picture shortly so you can see the patterns on its back.

here it is

Midland Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis)
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"I'm tired of being a wannabe bowler! I wanna be a bowler!!"
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Nerodia f. fasciata. The key to pleuralis is that the dark bands are smaller than the spaces between them.

~~Greg~~

I have seen a few that were only identified by the belly pattern for positive. Looks more like fasciata though.
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roomates:
1.0.0 anery corn "zepplin"
1.0.0 normal corn "little bub"
0.0.1 red milk "ed"
2.0.0 false map turtles "marley & harley"
0.0.1 alabama map turtle "pulchra"
0.5.0 eastern garters

Midlands don't have complete bands on the posterior 2/3 of their body and generally lack strong facial markings.
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Pierson Hill

Herpetology and Herpetoculture

i beleive it is a Broad banded water snake.... according to the pattern and keeled scales.

Brandon