Blotched Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa)

Created: July 8th, 2010 - 01:30 AM
Last Modified: August 4th, 2010 - 09:24 PM Entered by: Paul White
Record 49942

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: Randall County	Time: 2010-07-04 17:00:00
Qty: 14	Age: Varying	Sex: Both	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: -----
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Notes

back to the park for a bbq, walked the lake and saw 14 of these. Got photos of 2. the walk around the whole lake is like 1/2 a mile. The majority were found in reeds growing at the edge of the lake. 2 appeared to be gravid (photo'd one of these)

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Comments

Posted by Paul White on Jul 08, 2010 at 01:31 AM

I should note that the lake is heavily stocked with fish for families to go fishing with; I expect this explains the amazingly heavy population of nerodia and turtles.