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Category: Snake

Throwback Thursday: Florida Water Snake

by exploreorcaAugust 13, 2020

On a group walk to the Observation Tower at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on 8-14-2009, we encountered this husky Florida water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris).  These semi-aquatic snakes are found throughout the southeast.  They are NOT poisonous but,…

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Seeing red!

by exploreorcaApril 14, 2016May 18, 2017

Susan Warmer (Class of 2006) shared this photo of a substantially sized red rat snake (Pantherophis guttatus) that she took at the 4-13-2016 Wednesday work day at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. As you can guess from its common name,…

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Pandora’s Box

by exploreorcaApril 29, 2015August 4, 2021

Mike Bodle, South Florida Water Management District Senior Biologist, brought Pandora & her box to the 4-17-2015 meeting of the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society for his talk about invasive plants and critters. Pandora the python was…

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Ms. Slithers

by exploreorcaApril 28, 2015September 25, 20181 Comment

Diego turned out to be a girl. Her underside is pictured above, and she is the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus) from the Manatee Observation Center who accompanied Diane Morgan (Class of 2012) to the Audubon House grand opening on…

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