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Habitat and range: Coral snakes can be found in sandy pinewoods of South and Southeast Mississippi. Reaction to human encounters: Coral snakes are secretive and encounters with humans are uncommon ...
The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.This snake is often one of the most abundant species of snakes found in rivers and streams of the southeastern United States, yet many aspects of its natural history are poorly known.
N. cyclopion differs from most other species of North American water snakes by having one or more small scales under the eye, giving the appearance of a ring of small plates around the eye, a character shared with the species N. floridana. [8] A heavy-bodied snake, N. cyclopion is dark green, olive, or brown dorsally. Ventrally, it is yellowish ...
The snake came to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in 2003, not long after it hatched. John Rushing, now of Monterey, Louisiana, was living in Jayess at the time when he found the snake ...
R. septemvittata is known by many common names, including the following: banded water snake, brown queen snake, diamond-back water snake, leather snake, moon snake, North American seven-banded snake, olive water snake, pale snake, queen water snake, seven-striped water snake, striped water snake, three-striped water snake, willow snake, and yellow-bellied snake.
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Ventral side of Diadophis punctatus stictogenys, showing the characteristic coloration and paired blacks spots.. Like D. p. punctatus, the Mississippi ringneck snake characteristically attains a maximum length of 44.5 centimetres (17.5 in).
Mississippi has more than 50 different types of snakes and they can be found in just about every environment in the state.