Mating occurs in spring producing live births of 14 62 young 23 33 cm in length between august and october behler.
Black diamondback water snake.
The diamondback water snake is non venomous but extremely aggressive and often misidentified as poisonous cottonmouths.
This creature is also misidentified as the venomous rattlesnake or.
Water moccasin agkistrodon piscivorus and are killed needlessly.
They are capable of having 90 or more young but broods generally are much smaller.
There are usually dark vertical bars and lighter coloring on the sides.
Nerodia rhombifer diamondback water snake giving birth nerodia species are viviparous breeding in the spring and giving birth in the late summer or early fall.
Don t try to catch.
These snakes are non venomous however so their bite is relatively harmless other than a few scratches and the possibility of infection.
Cottonmouth and diamonback water snake.
The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in north america.
Cottonmouths agkistrodon piscivorus sadly harmless snakes are often killed out of fear for the safety of family and pets.
The diamondback water snake is predominantly brown dark brown or dark olive green in color with a black net like pattern along the back with each spot being vaguely diamond shaped.
They are predominantly brown dark brown or dark olive green in color with a black net like pattern along the back with each spot being vaguely diamond shaped.
Some reach 8 feet in length and weigh up to 10 pounds.
Diamondback water snakes often are confused with the venomous but more docile cottonmouth a k a.
Please be very careful when handling snakes.
Harmless watersnake or venomous water moccasin.
There are many harmless watersnakes genus nerodia that are frequently confused with venomous water moccasins a k a.
Dark vertical bars and lighter coloring are often present down the sides of the snake.
They release musk and fecal mater when defensive missouri department of conservation.
Diamondback water snakes are large nonvenomous snakes native to the central united states and northern mexico.