Shot of the Day:Nerodia rhombifera
Posted by Pop on May 7th, 2009Ah, the joys of living near a creek. As we were returning from inspecting our almost-in-bloom hydrangeas down near the creek, we almost stepped on a nerodia rhombifera aka diamond-back water snake creeping along our porch apparently wanting to come in and eat Callie’s food, or perhaps Callie herself! Here is the shot of this non-poisonous water snake.
Here’s another view as he attempted to find his way in:
Kevin was not favorably inclined to keeping him as a pet, so I picked him up with my mini-rake and carefully took him back toward the creek. He was a bit aggressive, hissing and opening his mouth consistent with the Wikipedia article on this species. I laid him out on the patio in order to take one more shot, but by the time I got back, he was crawling under the asian jasmine and became completely camouflaged. Watch out for him, Callie!
