The banded water snake is one of the most fascinating aquatic reptiles you’ll find slithering through the waterways of the southeastern United States.

During more than a dozen fishing trips to lakes and sloughs and other inland waters over the past couple of months, I've seen exactly one snake. That was Tuesday morning, when a broad-banded water ...

Houston native Nazareth Gonzalez spotted a 3-foot broad-banded water snake while out at Brazos Bend State Park (near Houston) with her family on Feb. 22.

Missouri’s semi-aquatic snakes include the most prolific, Northern water snake, the diamond-backed water snake, yellow-bellied water snake, broad-banded water snake, and graham’s crayfish snake.

Broad-banded Water Snake: These snakes are not venomous but will bite if they feel threatened. They have a stocky body with an irregular pattern of wide black bands fading to brown and shades of ...

After a number of concerned calls to D.C. Fire and EMS, the water utility used Twitter to say the dyed-green water was related to a floodwater test.

When the snake is ready to shed its skin, it rubs its body along rocks, plants and other rough things to peel the old layer of scales — often in a single, snaky piece.

The scarlet kingsnake is a banded, nonvenomous snake that is usually 1-1.5 feet in size. They can be found in several different habitats, from swamps, bottomland and pinewoods, to agricultural ...

Welcome to Season 2. Kicking things off with the most common snake down in Louisiana the Broad Banded Water snake. I saw these at just about every trailhead I visited and in big numbers too. In ...

The banded water snake is one of the most fascinating aquatic reptiles you’ll find slithering through the waterways of the southeastern United States. These nonvenomous snakes are often misunderstood ...

The banded water snake is one of the most fascinating aquatic reptiles you’ll find slithering through the waterways of the southeastern United States. These nonvenomous snakes are often misunderstood ...

Broad-banded Water Snake: These snakes are not venomous but will bite if they feel threatened. They have a stocky body with an irregular pattern of wide black bands fading to brown and shades of ...