Nerodia erythrogaster transversa (Blotched watersnake), 2004
We’re less than thirty days from our departure out of Anchorage… and I’m starting to find myself chomping at the bit for snakes. When it comes to snakes, I’m a bit of a freak. I love ‘em. Just love...
View ArticleNerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (Redbelly watersnake), 2008
Here’s a snake I’ll likely encounter quite a bit in Georgia: the redbelly watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster. Also spelled out as the “red-bellied watersnake,” this is yet another of...
View ArticleNerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (Redbelly Watersnake), 28 March 2012
In the mid 2000s, I taught for Daytona State College at the West Campus in Deland, Florida. It was a cool campus with an interesting and dynamic student population. The campus was tucked in a stretch...
View ArticleNerodia erythrogaster transversa (Blotched Watersnake), 10 June 2004
Unlike the 2007 youngster I featured here, this is –quite positively– a blotched watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster transversa, an adult. Adults are often much easier to positively identify than...
View ArticleA Few of My Favorite Snakes: The Redbelly Watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster...
Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster, the Redbelly watersnake, photographed in Lowndes county, Georgia (28 March 2012). Originally, I planned to write up a big “Life Over The Hill” introspective post...
View ArticleNerodia erythrogaster transversa (Blotched watersnake), 2004
We’re less than thirty days from our departure out of Anchorage… and I’m starting to find myself chomping at the bit for snakes. When it comes to snakes, I’m a bit of a freak. I love ’em. Just love...
View ArticleNerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (Redbelly watersnake), 2008
Here’s a snake I’ll likely encounter quite a bit in Georgia: the redbelly watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster. Also spelled out as the “red-bellied watersnake,” this is yet another of...
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