Kirtland's Snake vs. Common Watersnake

A young Common Watersnake and a Kirtland's Snake are both small, brown and patterned, and both turn up in wet meadows and ditches. Kirtland's has rows of round dark spots rather than bands, a dark head with a pale chin, and a red belly with a neat row of black dots along each edge. A young Common Watersnake has dark crossbands and half-moons on the belly. Kirtland's is rare; do not publish a precise location.

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