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#386809 09/06/14 11:42 AM
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Morning everyone, can anyone help me with a positive ID on this snake? Found it this morning under a log - already dead but still spooked me!

Apparently this photo is the belly - I'd take another one but the critter was properly disposed of on the burn pile.

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah29...zpsrjmpztcf.jpg

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Black back with the orange or red striped belly
http://www.herpsoftexas.org/content/ring-necked-snake

Although the length doesn't match what they say average

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JMac, I am pretty sure it is a Mud Snake. Look it up on Google. I have encountered many of them here in East Texas. They are a large and beautiful snake. Usually very docile and like swampy or watery habitats although not a real aquatic snake.
Tom Sterling (Shelby County ).

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Snake, my first thought was ring neck also, but the coloration didn't match up and it didn't have a ring. Shelby, my first pass on Google steered me away from mud snake, but after reading these suggestions and re-searching, it is indeed a red-bellied mudsnake. Glad to know in case I encounter another one!


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