water snakes
Serpents in streams
Water snakes are nonvenomous snakes that live in or near freshwater—ponds, streams, rivers, and marshes.
They're often confused with venomous water moccasins but lack the triangular head and heat-sensing pits.
Water snakes feed primarily on fish and amphibians: We spotted a water snake sunning itself on the riverbank.
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- snakesElongated limbless reptiles
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- wetSaturated with liquid
- semi-aquaticPartially water-based lifestyle
fish eater · wetlands · viviparous · marshes · live birth · hide · herpetology · ponds · pond life · swimming · slip · riverbank · ripple · murky · serpent · creek · muddy · moccasin
- Snake Familiesvipers, boas, pythons
- reptileslizard, turtle, crocodile, alligator, python
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- swamp thingsmarsh, bog, duckweed, fen, cattails
- Swamplandsswamp ecosystem, bayou, bayous, cypress swamp, cypress trees
- ColeridgeKubla Khan, ancient mariner, Xanadu, pleasure dome, albatross
water snakessand snakes
Serpents of sandy habitats
sidewinders · rattlesnakes · cobras · vipers · pythons
water snakessea serpents
Legendary marine reptiles
sea monsters · sea snakes · Leviathan · lake monsters · Loch Ness Monster
water, snake, watery, watered, watering, saltwater, waters, freshwater, rainwater