Striped Swampsnake vs. Glossy Swampsnake

Glossy Swampsnakes live in the same swamps and ditches of the far south. A: Plain yellow to orange, at most one row of dark spots down the middle in the Striped Swampsnake; yellow with two neat rows of black half-moons in the Glossy Swampsnake. B: Smooth and glossy in the Striped Swampsnake; keeled in the Glossy Swampsnake. SREL: the two look alike from above; the belly settles it.

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