Summary ²

The Plain-bellied Watersnake is a common watersnake over much of Bexar County where ever there is water. The color pattern of our central Texas Plain-bellied Watersnakes used to be known as the Blotched Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa) due to the fact that adults retain the pattern of alternating blotches seen in the young.

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1. (c) Chris Harrison, all rights reserved, uploaded by Chris Harrison
2. Adapted by Chris Harrison from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerodia_erythrogaster

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