Great Dismal Swamp

Snakes and turtles of Great Dismal Swamp.   / marklotterhand   Species featured: timber rattlesnake canebrake (Crotalus horridus), eastern cottonmouth (Akkistrodon piscivorus), northern/southern copperhead intergrade (Agkistrodon contortrix), northern black racer (Coluber constrictor), brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota), eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula), northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon), redbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster), coastal plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana), eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum), eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata), northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris), yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta)