The Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii) is a species of semiaquatic, non-venomous, colubrid snake found in the southeastern United States, in the brackish salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas, with a population in northern Cuba.
Salt Marsh Snakes grow from 15 inches (38 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm) in length, and are highly variable in pattern and coloration. Populations of the Gulf Salt Marsh Snake from the vicinity Corpus Chri...
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The Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii) is a species of semiaquatic, non-venomous, colubrid snake found in the southeastern United States, in the brackish salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas, with a population in northern Cuba.
Salt Marsh Snakes grow from 15 inches (38 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm) in length, and are highly variable in pattern and coloration. Populations of the Gulf Salt Marsh Snake from the vicinity Corpus Christi, Texas, to the Gulf Hammock region of Florida are gray, tan or yellow with four brown to black longitudinal stripes.
Populations from Tampa Bay, Florida south to Miami and northward along the Atlantic coast to the vicinity of Cape Canaveral are referred to as the Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake (N. clarkii compressicauda). This subspecies exhibits many colors and patterns and can be gray, green, or tan with darker banding or may even be solid reddish orange or straw yellow.
A third subspecies, the Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake (N. clarkii taeniata),...
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