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so there are some pictures of him. i hope they are good enough to make an ID off of. if you have any more tips or advice please share. thank you very much

Though I can only aquire a couple of your pics, it appears that you have a nerodia fasciata pictiventris, aka a florida banded water snake.
Michael

Like Micheal said, that's a Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata) though I couldn't be certain of the subspecies with an individual that dark. Do you know where it came from?
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Pierson Hill

Herpetology and Herpetoculture

nope, i live in the southwest and found it at a pet store. the owner said it was the only one he had ever gotten in.

I'm curious if anyone knows the subspecies difference here. The photo I attached is of what seems to be a very different morph or subspecies. Your pics are of a type I've seen other pics of - they seem to grow very dark with age and have those attractive orangish, uniform bands. The ones I have are more completely banded - the bands continue across the back of the snake, and are less contrasty than yours. Are they different species or just variations within the population?

This is a perfect illustration of what I'm talking about. Look at the 3rd pic down on this web site. This is a very diffrent looking morph or subspecies from the top 2 pics. Where does this pretty balck and orange morph fit in?

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Nerodiafpictiventris.htm
fasciata variations