Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Northern water snakes are one of the most common large snakes in Connecticut. They are often confused
with other species such as the venomous water moccasin or copperhead.
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon
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Status No status assigned in Minnesota Description Northern water snakes are one of the larger medium-sized Minnesota snakes. They range in length from 24 to 55 inches and may be quite heavy bodied as adults.
Northern Water Snake
The Northern Water Snake is a medium sized snake, between 30 to 40 inches in length. They are generally tan or brown in color with broad black bands along the sides and the back.
The Northern Water Snake is a stout-bodied snake with highly variable coloration. Its basic color is reddish-brown, brown, gray or black. Usually there are dark cross bands on the neck just behind the head.
Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Description: A water snake with dark bands or blotches on a light brown or gray background color. Some old adults may appear solid black or brown.
The underside of the northern water snake is distinctive. It is white with bright red half-moons mixed with dark gray specking. Many people, when seeing this snake, think they've seen a venomous (poisonous) water moccasin.
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon (24-42", up to 55")
This thick-bodied snake is quite variable in color and pattern. Background color ranges from light gray to dark brown.
Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Description: 24 - 44" (61 - 110 cm). Reddish brown to grayish brown. Keeled dorsal scales. Heavily patterned with darker band patterns from neck to anus.
Northern Water Snake Movement Study-Shawnee State University Undergraduate Research
- Radio tracked Northern Water Snakes at Shawnee State Park, Scioto County Ohio
- Surveyed habitat where Northern Water Snakes were located ...
Northern water snakes are particularly fond of basking, and can often be seen sunning upon emerged logs, stumps, and rocks, or on low branches-overhanging the water. They are very wary and, when disturbed, drop into the water and disappear quickly.
One of four species of water snake in North Carolina, Northern Water Snakes are common in streams and ponds throughout the state, except in the southern Coastal Plain.
In breeding ponds, adults fall prey northern water snakes (Nerodia s. sipedon), snapping turtles (Chelydra s. serpentina), herons, mink, and raccoons (Knox 1999).
True to its common name, the northern water snake inhabits a variety of aquatic habitats including lakes, ponds, and rivers. Water snakes of the genus Nerodia are generally stout, short-bodied and larger than their cousins of the genus Regina.
Two subspecies, the Midland Water Snake (N. s. pleuralis) and Northern Water Snake (N. s. sipedon), intergrade in the state.
Distinguishing this species from other nonvenomous water snakes and, more importantly, from the ...
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The most common snake of the Pinelands may be the Northern Water Snake. Surely the most bizarre snake of the area is the Eastern Hognose, also known as the Puff Adder, since it often spreads its neck, cobra-like, when alarmed.
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 See also: Snake, Water Snake, Reptile, Garter Snake, Racer
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