Midland Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis)

Created: July 27th, 2010 - 05:40 PM
Last Modified: January 14th, 2011 - 12:20 PM Entered by: Mike Spencer
Record 51420

Country: United States		State: Arkansas	County: Sebastian County	Time: 2010-07-27 15:35:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Male	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Scattered rocks on grassy riverbank
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 91.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Few clouds		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

I flipped this adult this afternoon under a large rock on a grassy bank along the river.

It's my first Nerodia (I just moved into their range) and it held true to the musking and biting rumors.

It was released where found.

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Comments

Posted by Mike Spencer on Jul 27, 2010 at 10:07 PM

Edited from N. rhombifer to N. sipedon.

Posted by Mike Spencer on Jul 27, 2010 at 09:37 PM

You might be right, now that I look at it more. I completely forgot about sipedon. I'll post and see what people say.

Posted by Mike Spencer on Jul 27, 2010 at 09:37 PM

You might be right, now that I look at it more. I completely forgot about sipedon. I'll post and see what people say.

Posted by James Jeffery on Jul 27, 2010 at 09:09 PM

I think this is actually N. sipedon