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These snakes tends to be solitary like most snakes

Fully grown water snakes are between 2 and 4.5 feet (0.6 and 1.4 meters) long

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about 200 species exist and 38 genera belong to the(family Colubridae).

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predators include hawks (northern harrier, red-tailed, red-shouldered, broad-winged), herons, egrets, bitterns, and rails.
there pray is primarily fish, but also frogs, toads, salamanders, insects, crayfish, and rarely mice and shrews.

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some types of water snakes
Brown Water Snake, Northern Water Snake, Green Water Snake, Concho Water Snake, etc
they live near rivers, lakes, ponds, and marshes though they prefer relatively quiet waters They like to bask in the sun so seek areas that are not overly shaded.

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most water snakes live in warmer including
throughout eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and southern Quebec in the north, to Texas and Florida in the south if it is sunny and has water most of the time you may find them