Mangrove Saltmarsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii compressicauda)
Created: March 17th, 2014 - 09:48 AM
Last Modified: March 17th, 2014 - 09:48 AM Entered by: Josh Young
Record 177238
Last Modified: March 17th, 2014 - 09:48 AM Entered by: Josh Young
Record 177238
|
Country: United States |
State: Florida |
County: Monroe County |
Time: 2014-03-10 23:06:00 |
|
|
Qty: 1 |
Age: Sub-Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Road cruising |
Habitat: Saltmarsh mangrove |
|
Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 69.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: 92% |
|
|
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy |
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous |
Elevation: ----- |
Barometric Pressure: 30.06 mmHg |
|
Vouchers
Comments
It was a hybrid of the two, most of all that I have encountered in the area have been hybrids between compressicauda and pictiventris.
I'd probably struggle to pick a mangrove saltmarsh snake out of a lineup, but that looks a lot like a Florida banded water snake (N. fascita pictiventris) to me, one of which I just saw yesterday. However, I think I've read that these species can hybridize with one another, so who knows.