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• Status: common in many parts of Ontario;
• General Info: will flee from humans; will investigate splashing objects in the water in hopes of finding prey. The northern water snake is non-venomous and feeds mainly on fish and frogs.
   

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• Length: 51-84 cm;

• Colour: large dark blotches, alternating with smaller blotches along the sides against a brown-grey body, can be blotched or plain grey, green-brown or even black;

• Underbelly Colour: belly yellow and sometimes with greenish
  grey pattern;

• Head: flat head with distinctive upturned snout;

• Eyes: rounded pupils;

• Scales: keeled; anal scale divided;