Hi there:
A few summers ago, I was on vacation in a canoe. I was in a huge, huge body of water with lots of rotting vegetation in the water and the ocassional large boulder. I caught a few snapping turtles, lots of painted turtles, some wood frogs, and I saw a HUGE bullfrog. Anyway, I headed way, way out, until I was in open water where you couldn't see the bottom. I headed out even further, up to a huge rock jutting out of the black water.
On the rock I instantly noticed a small snake. At first I didn't know what it was, as it was very odd. I came up and caught it. It was a redbelly snake. It was a very wierd specimen. It was extremely slender, brick red, and it was very calm. When I set it back down on the rock, it plunged into the deep water and swam off into the middle of the lake. Is it normal for these guys to love the water so much? I've never even seen a water snake swimming that far out. If it helps, I later found that it had been the first one found in that area.
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1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.0 brown Anole
1.0 Mediterranean gecko
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads
1.0 American bullfrog
1.0 Spanish ribbed newt
1.0 rough-skinned newt
1.1 Eastern ribbon snakes
1.1red-cheeked mud turtles
1.0 dwarf peacock day gecko
1.0 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
1.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
1.0 White's treefrog
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
1.0 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
1.0 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
1.0 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.0 Western hognose snake
1.0 fire salamander
1.0 scarlet kingsnake
