Photo of a Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii)
Photo: Jennifer Possley, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Watersnake
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Nerodia
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii) is a non-venomous water snake of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest, flooded forest and 32 more. Common: recorded in 214 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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