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Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Northern Banded Water Snake Photograph by tlindenbaum / Tim. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Nothern Water Snake Photograph by Gary M. Stolz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. License: Public Domain. (view image details) 
Northern Banded Water Snake Photograph by tlindenbaum / Tim. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
NORTHERN WATER SNAKE FACTS
DescriptionThe Northern Water Snake is brown, tan or gray with alternating square blotches that may merge to form bands. Adult snakes can appear solid brown or black with age. The underside is usually white, yellow, or orange with dark half-moon-shaped black edges. Juveniles are tan, brown or gray with reddish brown saddles. The neck has dark crossbands. They are active during the day and at night. Size length to 120cm Environment rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, bogs, marshes. They prefer open areas and slow moving waters. They are most often seen basking on rocks or stumps. They sometimes hide among the sticks of Muskrat houses and Beaver lodges. Food small fish, frogs, worms, leeches, crayfish, salamanders, small birds and mammals. Breeding Northern Water Snakes are live-bearers. Up to 30 young are born between August and October. Young are 15cm - 30cm long when born. Range Northern water snakes are found in southern Ontario and the north eastern United States from Nebraska and Kansas in the west to the Atlantic coast. Notes The Northern Water Snake is non-venomous and harmless. Classification
Relatives in same Genus Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake (N. clarkii compressicauda) Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake (N. clarkii taeniata) Redbelly Water Snake (N. erythrogaster erythrogaster.) Banded Water Snake (N. fasciata fasciata) Florida Banded Water Snake (N. fasciata pictiventris) Diamondback Water Snake (N. rhombifer) Home | Mammals | Reptiles | Birds | Insects | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Contact Us |