Eastern Mud Snake (Farancia abacura abacura)
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| Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2003 Large female - found crossing a busy highway at a river overpass |
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| Large
Female caught on the road - Charleston Co., SC - May 2003 |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - April 2005 Juvenile - captured in a minnow trap in a temporary wetland |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - August 2004 Large Female captured by Tom Luhring (another SREL grad student) in an aquatic trap. She had eaten a nearly 3-foot long Amphiuma |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - August 2004 Juvenile - captured in a minnow trap in a temporary wetland |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - August 2004 Juvenile - captured in a minnow trap in a temporary wetland |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2006 Anerythristic individual - captured in a minnow trap in a temporary wetland |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2006 |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - May 2008 captured in a minnow trap in a fishless wetland |
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| Large
Female caught on the road - Charleston Co., SC - May 2003 |
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| Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2003 Captured in a minnow trap in a creek delta |
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| Defensive
Posture - Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2003 |
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| Tail
Spine - Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - June 2003 |
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| Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - October 2001 Captured in a minnow trap in a perminant wetland |
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| Savannah
River Site, Aiken Co., SC - October 2001 |
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Savannah River Site, Aiken Co., SC - August 2004 Hatchling - found under a coverboard near a newly hatched F. abacura nest near a large Carolina Bay wetland |
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