We found this snake in our back yard yesterday. Our neighbor thinks it is a moccasin. It is red and black striped with a whitish belly. The head does have black lines from the eyes to lips and the head is a diamond shape. We live in Tampa Florida and there is a conservation area out back.
By Tara
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Based on what I read here, I would think that this is, indeed, a venomous watersnake.
ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/
banded water snake non poisonous def not a cottonmouth/moccasin
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