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Decided to hit the waters edge to find some snakes.
Baby water snake. Notice that the head is also thick and blocky. Water snakes even the baby snakes in georgia are able to dive and swim underwater. Northern and banded water snakes have brown markings on their skin which give them a striking resemblance to copperheads or cottonmouths. Weather is starting to warm up people are heading into the woods for various outdoor activities and snakes are sunning themselves with the warm spring sunlight.
However a vast majority of the baby snakes you are most likely to encounter are harmless and quite beneficial. Its that time of the year when eggs laid back in the spring have hatched and live bearing snakes which includes eastern copperheads have given birth. Copperhead snakes are venomous snakes that live in the eastern and midwestern united states. No average adult size.
If someone spends enough time outdoors sooner or later they will encounter a snake. Banded water snake facts experience level. Copperhead bites are rarely fatal but the snakes are best left alone. Nerodia clarkii salt marsh water snake saltmarsh snake with 3 subspecies nerodia cyclopion green water snake mississippi green water snake nerodia erythrogaster plain bellied water snake with 4 subspecies nerodia fasciata southern water snake banded water snake with 3 subspecies.
The eyes of brown water snakes are almost on the top of their heads. Defensive to docile family. The copperhead gets its name from its copper brown head. 10 to 15 years venom.
When non poisonous water snakes stop swimming to examine their surroundings their bodies slip beneath the water. 3 to 5 feet lifespan. Moderate to high food. These guys are often mistaken for.
The northern water snake feeds heavily on fish and amphibians swallowing its prey alivethese snakes have been known to eat a number of fish species such as brook trout sunfish smallmouth bass minnows bullhead catfish and hogsuckersthey have also been recorded eating northern cricket frogs toads southern leopard frogs bullfrog tadpoles and spring peepers. When you see a snake in the water but only its head is showing it is more than likely not a water moccasin or other poisonous snake. I filmed a few of the water snakes and two baby water snakes. A harmless snake the same length would be much more slender and would have a much longer thinner tail see below.
The body of this young venomous water moccasin is very thick for its length and has a relatively short thick tail. Water moccasins swim atop the water except when hunting.
