Here are some watersnakes I caught this weekend at the Savanah River Site near Aiken, SC.
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A nice yearling Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata fasciata)
I got the chance to participate in an aquatic snake trapping study and we turned up many Black Swamp Snakes (Seminatrix pyagea). This species is nearly 100% aquatic and so is very hard to find without minnow trapping or dredging.
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They can be amazingly abundant in the right habitat.
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Pierson Hill

Herpetology and Herpetoculture


