Brown water snake

Brown swimming snake ( Nerodia taxispilota )

The Brown swimming snake ( Nerodia taxispilota ) is also called brown water snake.

It is distributed in the southeastern United States from Virginia to Alabama and get there before on river and lake shores and in marshes.

With a length of 120 to 170 cm N. taxispilota is a great permeated water snake, on light to dark brown ground three rows more or less square, offset contributes arranged spots. The belly is yellow with conspicuous speckling.

Brown swimming snakes are diurnal and feed mainly on fish and frogs. You can climb excellent and often bask on branches hanging above the water surface. Mating takes place in April or May, and in the summer up to 50 young are brought into the world, already reaching a length of 50 cm.

This snake is a defensive nature, defended not only by emptying fetid Analsekrets, but also by violent and painful bites.