Plain–bellied Watersnake
NON-VENOMOUS
Scientific name: Nerodia erythrogaster (FORSTER 1771)
The following key will separate the two Plain-bellied Watersnakes found in Florida. If you are unable to distinguish between them based on the characteristics in the key below, you probably can do so using the geographic location alone.
| 1a | Belly red, orange or pink; north Florida and southeastern Alabama to Delaware. | Red–bellied Watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster |
| 1b | Belly ivory to yellow or yellow-orange; western Florida panhandle. | Yellow–bellied Watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster |
