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Nerodia sipedon insularum Lake Erie water snake

61-106.7 cm; record 140.5 cm
a sub-species of the more wide-spread Northern Water Snake
range from uniformly grey with no markings to dark grey-brown with some banding
only found at western end of Lake Erie and on Pelee and surrounding islands
belly whitish yellow to grey
scales keeled; anal scale divided
gives birth to live young
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