Eastern Mud Snake

eastern mud snake (Farancia abacura abacura)
eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna) ...

A large and secretive semi-aquatic snake of beaver swamps, ponds, floodplains, and sluggish streams. Includes two intergrading subspecies, F. a. abacura (eastern mud snake) and F. a. reinwardti (western mud snake). Low Conservation Concern.

See also: Eastern Cottonmouth, Crowned Snake, Mole Kingsnake, Black Kingsnake, Northern Black Racer