<p>Light gray snake with mottled rust backside and alternating brighter underside.</p>
<p>Feeding on fish, frogs, and toads, this snake occupies larger river valleys. Large dark blotches of brown or gray on a body. Widely spaced colors of dark brown, orange, yellow, red and gray half-moons on a gray or whitish belly. Water snakes spend much time basking in trees or logs during the summer.</p>
<ul><li>Keywords: snake; water snake</li></ul>
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