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Can anyone identify this water snake?
« on: July 09, 2007, 01:42:27 PM »
Over the weekend we went fishing and saw several LARGE snakes swimming in the water (okay, not anacondas, but at least 5 feet long). We found this baby in the grass near the water and snapped some pics before turning him loose. The markings were the same as the adults. All these years in Mi, and I have never seen a water snake before. Hmm.
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Re: Can anyone identify this water snake?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2007, 01:59:56 PM »
After looking it up, it appears this was an Eastern Milksnake and the larger snakes in the water must have been Northern Water Snakes. ( Reference http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-61219--,00.html ) They really did look similar, but the adults were alot darker.
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Re: Can anyone identify this water snake?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2007, 02:05:21 PM »
we were just on similar web pages, apparently: http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/largeimage.cfm?snake_number=16&option=backyard_snakes

lol  I say eastern milk snake too! 
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Re: Can anyone identify this water snake?
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2007, 02:31:24 PM »
 :o :o :o
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