17 March 2001
Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp
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Brown Water Snakes are active both during the day and at night.
They are a commonly-seen snake in the touristy areas of Everglades National Park.
When you are at the Anhinga Trail, look for Brown Water Snakes on the south
side of the little bridge that you cross (about half-way to the boardwalk.)
According to Tennant's book, adults grow to 30 to 55 inches. The snake's range is the SE USA from Alabama north into Virginia including all of Florida. The website: http://www.sun.ac.za/forlang/snakes/brownwater.html describes a snake which it calls a Brown Water Snake found in South Africa. This is actually Lycodonomorphus rufulus and is unrelated to the Brown Water Snake found in the USA. |
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17 March 2001 Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp |
I found this snake on the road just after dark. When I finished photographing him I chased him off the road. |
| This photo illustrates that very young Brown Water Snakes look the same as adult Brown Water Snakes. The pattern in the snake fades as the snake reaches old age. |
30 July 2002 8:51pmLoop Road in Big Cypress Swamp |
| This Brown Water Snake is sunning itself on a branch over the Withlacoochee River in Valdosta, Georgia. Photo taken 30 March 2006 11:40am. |
Taken at Shark Valley.
26 Feb 2002 1:24pm
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18 January 2001 -- 11:50am -- Shark Valley
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Brown Water Snakes are easy to distinguish from the other species of water snakes. They have three rows of dark blotches running the length of their bodies -- a row on top and a row on each side. Very young Brown Water Snakes are identical in pattern to mature Brown Water Snakes. However, when the snake reaches old-age, the pattern fades. |
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I took the next three photos at Shark Valley on 9 February 2005 at around 1:00pm.
These are three different Brown Water Snakes. There were at least eight Brown Water
Snakes along the footpath at the south end.
Photos were taken with a Pentax Spotmatic II; 100mm macro lens; Fuji Sensia 200 film; using a flash. Click on the words "BIG" or "HUGE" to see big or huge versions. And use BACK to return. |
 Big (53k) Huge (98k) This snake was sticking its head out of a crack in the concrete at the side of the bridge. |
 Big (49k) Huge (91k) |
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