Atlantic salt marsh snake
Nerodia clarkii taeniata
Status: Threatened
Nerodia clarkii taeniata, commonly known as the Atlantic salt marsh snake, is a species of semiaquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake found only in the Atlantic coast salt marshes of Volusia and Brevard County, Florida. It is currently listed as a Threatened Species by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Description
The Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake is a slender, heavily keeled water snake with a pattern of stripes that are variously broken into blotches. The dorsal ground color is pale olive, patterned with a pair of dark brown stripes running down the back and enclosing a pale mid-dorsal stripe. These dark stripes usually become fragmented posteriorly into a series of elongated blotches. There is also a row of dark blotches along the lower side of the body, which may merge to form stripes in the neck region.
Video
University of Central Florida - So where are all the Atlantic salt marsh snakes? We know that changes in our environment affect our ecosystem, and now biologists are wondering if manmade changes to the snake habitat in Volusia County are making them all but disappear in this segment of WUCF TV's "ONE." Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbDd9dJm0Yg.
