Florida Backyard Snakes

A Website Dedicated to the Identification of Florida Snakes

Florida Backyard Snakes

A Website Dedicated to the Identification of Florida Snakes

Florida Green Watersnake

Nerodia floridana

Average size: 30-55 inches; Record 74 inches. Young are 8-10

inches at birth.

Range: Most of the Florida peninsula excluding the central to upper northeast part of the peninsula.  Also found in the eastern half of the panhandle.

Diet: Mainlyfish and frogs.

Status: Common

Can be found in swamps and marshes, mainly quite bodies of water.