Fun Mud Snake Facts For Kids
These red and black snakes are a very large species of non-venomous snakes inhabiting the marshes, swamps, and edges of water in the Southeastern part of the United States. They are semi-aquatic and prefer to spend most of their time in the water, in the land, though, they bury themselves in the ground hence, earning themselves the name of mud snakes. There are two major subspecies found throughout its region. The Eastern mud snakes are native to Florida with the scientific name Farancia abacura abacura, and the Western mud snakes with the scientific name Farancia abacura reinwardtii....