| IPTC Info |
| Category: |
SNA |
| Supplemental category: |
NERODIA |
| Keywords: |
snake, squamata, squamate, legless, reptile, plain belly, plainbelly, plain-bellied, plain-belly, watersnake, yellow belly, yellowbelly, yellow-bellied, defensive |
| Byline: |
© Kory Roberts |
| State: |
AR |
| Country: |
United States of America |
| Headline: |
Plainbelly Water Snake |
| Credit: |
SnakesOfArkansas.com |
| Source: |
SnakesOfArkansas.com |
| Copyright Notice: |
© Kory Roberts / SnakesOfArkansas.com |
| Caption: |
Washington County, Arkansas, USA
This picture was taken at our Spring get-together of local herpers. We found this specimen on the bank of a very small pond. No, it is not smiling! It is spreading its head and puffing up its body to appear bigger and meaner as part of its defense. I wonder how many people would kill this snake thinking it was venomous? |
| Caption writer: |
KR |
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