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  1. 04-16-2010, 11:36 PM #1
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    Banded Water Snake

    Found this guy in a tree today. He was sunning, and let me pick him up. I grabbed a few in hand shots them put him down near his lake. He posed a bit then went home.









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  2. 04-17-2010, 06:00 AM #2
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    Beautiful! Love that tongue!
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    wow !

    second photo is great
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  4. 04-17-2010, 12:15 PM #4
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    Nicely done. Cool looking snake.
    Hand holding and macro focusing must have been a real challenge?
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  5. 04-17-2010, 12:27 PM #5
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Singletracklovr
    Nicely done. Cool looking snake.
    Hand holding and macro focusing must have been a real challenge?

    It was more of a challenge trying to get him to look toward the camera...

    But really, it's not that bad actually, if you have a lens that can focus close enough. the hard part is trying to hold the camera steady with one hand, and the subject with the other.


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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    What a docile banded water female? I don't think I have ever caught one without it trying to bite.. lol Great images John.

    I was holding my friend's woma today
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    Quote Originally Posted by paulnj
    What a docile banded water female? I don't think I have ever caught one without it trying to bite.. lol Great images John.

    I was holding my friend's woma today
    Thanks Paul!

    She/He was very docile. It never even opened its mouth, much less trying to bite. I have heard that these snakes are rather temperamental, but I would never have known it from this one.

    As to the sex, I do not believe the species is sexually dimorphic, and both sexes are heavy bodied. It was not lethargic like a gravid female, and I doubt a gravid female would have climbed into a tree. I usually just go with he/him as a descriptor because it fits snakes so well, but without sexing it I don't really know for sure what sex it was.
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    Re: Banded Water Snake

    Wow...love the 2nd & 3rd shots.
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