Yellow Bellied Water Snake Portrait
Snakes stir our imaginations and figure prominently in our myths, religions, and stories. People have invented many unfair and incorrect myths that make them seem the embodiment of evil.
This species prefers the quiet waters of swamps, sloughs, oxbow lakes, and ponds. Individuals bask on logs in shallow water, on branches above the water, or along the shore.
As predators, water snakes control populations of the animals they consume. Foods include fish, toads, frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, and crayfish.
Yellow Bellied Water Snake Portrait
Snakes stir our imaginations and figure prominently in our myths, religions, and stories. People have invented many unfair and incorrect myths that make them seem the embodiment of evil.
This species prefers the quiet waters of swamps, sloughs, oxbow lakes, and ponds. Individuals bask on logs in shallow water, on branches above the water, or along the shore.
As predators, water snakes control populations of the animals they consume. Foods include fish, toads, frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, and crayfish.