Family: Natricidae - Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes
Typical Adult Size: 10 to 15 inches
Reproduction: live bearing
Eye Pupil: round
Dorsal Scales: smooth
Anal Scale: divided
Carolina Swamp Snake
Seminatrix pygaea paludis
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Family: Natricidae - Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes Typical Adult Size: 10 to 15 inches Reproduction: live bearing Eye Pupil: round Dorsal Scales: smooth Anal Scale: divided |
Carolina Swamp Snakes are our smallest semi-aquatic snake species. They are black with red bellies.
Swamp Snakes live in swampy locations with abundant aquatic vegetation. They can often be pulled up attached to vegetation. They also cross roads on rainy nights.
Additional Images:| Carolina Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea paludis |
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July 07, 2009
Contact: South Carolina Reptiles and Amphibians