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

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 ...

In the photos, the reddish, wriggling snake — likely a banded water snake — almost looks like the larger reptile’s tongue. While the pictures show some of the action, ...

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 ...