At night during the Split Oak Forest Bioblitz, a fellow naturalist hopped into a pond and caught this beautiful nonvenomous banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) so that we could document it. I didn't get any good full body length shots, but I would estimate that it was about 3 feet long. Notice how it's flattening out its head in a threatening posture and resembles a venomous cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) head shape.
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