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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

ring-necked snake 1
Diadophis punctatus
North American Racer 2
Coluber constrictor
Scarlet Snake 3
Cemophora coccinea
Eastern Worm Snake 4
Carphophis amoenus
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
Red-bellied Snake 6
Storeria occipitomaculata
Dekay's Brownsnake 3
Storeria dekayi
Rough Greensnake 7
Opheodrys aestivus
Brown Watersnake 8
Nerodia taxispilota
Common Watersnake 9
Nerodia sipedon
Banded Watersnake 6
Nerodia fasciata
Plain-bellied Watersnake 10
Nerodia erythrogaster
Eastern Kingsnake 3
Lampropeltis getula
Eastern Hognose Snake 11
Heterodon platirhinos
Rainbow Snake 12
Farancia erytrogramma
Mud Snake 13
Farancia abacura
Cottonmouth 14
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 15
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 16
Crotalus horridus

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