Chesapeake Bay Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve. A brown water snake preparing to shed its skin. These reptiles are common throughout the area.

Image ID: nerr0187, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
Location: York River, Virginia
Photographer: Courtesy of VIMS Publications Department

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