Saltmarsh Snake vs. Mississippi Green Watersnake
They meet in the marshes of the upper Texas coast. A: Four dark stripes on tan in the Saltmarsh Snake; plain dark olive-green, faint bars at most in the Mississippi Green Watersnake. B: Lip scales touch the eye in the Saltmarsh Snake; a row of small scales between the eye and the lip scales in the Mississippi Green Watersnake.
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