Category: Oklahoma

Nerodia erythrogaster transversa, 10 June 2004

Nerodia erythrogaster transversa, the Blotched watersnake; Cleveland county, Oklahoma (10 June 2004). This shot isn’t too great, but the species is. Throwing the line back out west, this is a Blotched watersnake, one of the Plainbelly watersnake subspecies, photographed in Norman, Oklahoma. When I… Continue Reading “Nerodia erythrogaster transversa, 10 June 2004”

Nerodia rhombifer, 07 July 2007

Nerodia rhombifer, the Diamondback watersnake; Cleveland county, Oklahoma (07 July 2007). Though they don’t range southeast to the Florida peninsula, I truly do adore this big beefcake of a snake. This is the Diamondback watersnake, a non-venomous species quite common from my time in… Continue Reading “Nerodia rhombifer, 07 July 2007”