A yearling Diamondback Water Snake

Part of my breeding stock - a Jacksonville, Illnois Diamondback Water Snake

One of my male breeder Diamondback Water Snakes

A three month old Diamondback Water Snake

Part of my breeding stock - a Jacksonville, Illnois Diamondback Water Snake

A Diamondback Water Snake that I caught at sunset

Part of my breeding stock - a Jacksonville, Illnois Diamondback Water Snake

My first-ever encounter with a wild one - in Union County, Illinois in 2011

One of my male breeder Diamondback Water Snakes

Part of my breeding stock - a Jacksonville, Illnois Diamondback Water Snake

A wild Jackson County, Illinois specimen

Portrait of a Diamondback Water Snake