Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Thanks for Your Input
Thanks to everyone for your responses. I can’t provide much more information on the description than was shown in the pictures, although the snake did not appear to be black. (I’d make a poor witness to an accident scene).
I guess we’ll never really know what it was, but I appreciate the web-links provided and have checked them all. I did forget to mention that we live next to a lot that backs onto a pond – so we are close to water. I personally thought it might be a Florida Banded Watersnake, as shown below – but now I’m not so sure as the head looks wrong, as does the underbelly. The head looked more like the Cottonmouth – but who knows? Maybe I’ll invest in a better camera for my next encounter. |
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Shhhh!
When we visit next May, if anyone mentions anything about snakes to Linda...
I will be living the rest of my life in MA if she sees this thread so shhhhh! |
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I'm with Jojo on this one- where in Amelia?????
Becky
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that looked awful close to it.. the other one looked a little darker, both of these resemble the Cotton Mouth. |
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The following link is a very interesting but long thread on the Florida cottonmouth/water moccasin. It includes pictures.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...356396925.html |
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I vote for it being a Banded Watersnake or possibly a mudsnake...the picture is really too dark to see clearly.
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After keying it out the little beauty appears to be a Nerodia fasciata
otherwise known as a banded watersnake. If it is a banded watersnake it is harmless. What a beautiful animal, I wish I could have been there to witness it myself. Here's a picture I found on the web that somewhat resembles the original photos. |
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