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The chestnut-red colour on the back of this dead Red-Bellied Snake was even more showy than its orange underside when I flipped it over: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/20876896856/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/20715331518/in/dateposted-public/ I am more used to seeing much duller, brownish RB Snakes. When I was searching around to see what I might find out about colour variation in RB snakes I came across this Acadia Univ Herp Atlas website page: http://landscape.acadiau.ca/herpatlas/photopages/compredring.htm It pointed out that Ring-Necked Snakes in NS can also have red bellies (rather than the yellow I am used to seeing) and the two species can easily be confused. Something I will have to remember when making a hasty ID from now on. I have seen many more snakes this summer than in previous years (E Dalhousie, Kings Co and vicinity)- on the beach, in the woods, along roads etc. Has anyone else noticed this in their areas? Nancy I took the dead Red Belly home and put it in the freezer just in case someone might be doing a study or such? Let me know if anyone wants it.
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