Northern Water Snake (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Northern Water Snake

Caption

This is a northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection.

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© USGS National Wildlife Health Center/D.E. Green

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