The yellow-bellied sea snake is truly a creature of the sea. It is one of the few snakes adapted to live its entire life in the water, rarely, if ever, coming onto land.

Adult yellow-bellied water snakes are darker, usually appearing as a solid shade of dark brown, green, or gray, with a yellow underbelly. When fully grown, they can reach a length of up to 48 inches.

World Atlas calls 4 Mississippi lakes the most snake-infested in the state. Know how to ID venomous snakes and tell them apart from common watersnakes.

This 2015 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation shows a female yellow-bellied water snake at the Cape Girardeau, Mo., Conservation Nature Center that for the second time in two ...

Montana's most beautiful waters hide a secret: they're also the state's most snake-filled. Discover which scenic spots these slithering residents prefer.

Snake species that are commonly found in California including the gopher snake, coachwhip snake, sharp-tailed snake, California kingsnake and Western yellow-bellied racer according to California Herps ...

The plain-bellied water snake can be easier to ID because, as the name suggests, its belly is a plain yellowish or cream color. That’s a dead giveaway, especially if you see it up on a branch or ...

Officials at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center say a female yellow-bellied water snake reproduced on her own in 2014 and again this summer. The ...

A second yellow-bellied sea snake has washed up on the Coromandel Peninsula. The Department of Conservation (DoC) was alerted to a sea snake at Little Bay in the Coromandel via the DoC hotline.

The yellow-bellied watersnake is another type of snake that is harmless, but often confused with the cottonmouth. North of State Highway 9 in northeast Norman, Oklahoma, is Lake Thunderbird.

Officials at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center say a female yellow-bellied water snake reproduced on her own in 2014 and again this summer.